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From: anderson@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson, MACC)
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Subject: Re: Definition of Point
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Date: 12 Oct 88 20:56:23 GMT
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In article <2610015@hpsal2.HP.COM>, morrell@hpsal2.HP.COM (Michael Morrell) writes...

]Does anyone know the exact definition of "point" (as in a 12-point font)?
]Some references (most nroff manuals) say there are 72 points to the inch,
]but others simply say (including my Webster's!!!) that a point is "nearly"
]equal to 1/72 of an inch.  Who is right?

1 point = 0.01384 inch.

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