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From: childs@cadnetix.UUCP (David Childs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: looking for Amiga fonts
Message-ID: <855@cadnetix.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 14-Sep-87 09:21:56 EDT
Article-I.D.: cadnetix.855
Posted: Mon Sep 14 09:21:56 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 16-Sep-87 03:24:53 EDT
References: <1106@vu-vlsi.UUCP> <633@sugar.UUCP> <1448@gryphon.CTS.COM> <852@cadnetix.UUCP>
Organization: Cadnetix Corp., Boulder, CO
Lines: 31
Keywords: fonts, rant and rave, long, gibberish.
Summary: STUPID!!

In article <852@cadnetix.UUCP>, childs@cadnetix.UUCP (David Childs) writes:
- <1448@gryphon.CTS.COM>, richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) writes:
- > Huh ? Whats this ? 8 is really 8 or 9, but 9 is really 6 or 7 ?
- > You found a new branch of font mathematics here ? 
- > Is 5 really 2 or 7 depending on whether its raining ?
- > A 'Point' is 1/72 of an inch, and there are roughly 72 dpi on my monitor.
- 
- A 'Point' is an inch.  A pixel (dot on the screen) is 1/72 of an inch on
- a monitor with 72dpi.  A one 'point' font fits one character per inch.  An
- 8 point font fits 8 characters per inch.  His new branch of mathematics is
- called division.  Divide the number of PIXELS per inch by the number of
- PIXELS per character give the point size of the font.  Therefore, on a 72dpi
- monitor 8 is 9, 9 is 8, 10 is ~7.
- Thanks for your time.  I hope I'm not wrong about the point size stuff.
- 
- David Childs
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^

BOY IS THIS GUY STUPID!!

Any dictionary will tell you that a point is a unit of measure equalling
about 1/72 of an inch.  Sorry about the mistake Richard.  I guess I let
my self get away with stupidity again.  I got mixed up with typewriter
pitch size.  My equation does work extremly well for chars per inch though.

I guess my font editor will need just a little more work.

David Childs  Cadnetix Corp.  (303) 444-8075
childs@cadnetix.UUCP  seismo!hao!ico!cadnetix!childs

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