Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!psuvax1!psuvm!UOGUELPH!SOFPJF From: SOFPJF@UOGUELPH.BITNET (Peter Jaspers-Fayer) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.pagemakr Subject: Re: Pitch vs. Pica/Points re-visited. Message-ID: Date: 2 Feb 90 22:11:31 GMT Sender: PageMaker for Desktop Publishers Reply-To: PageMaker for Desktop Publishers Lines: 31 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway In-Reply-To: Message of Fri, 2 Feb 90 09:58:23 EST from <470820@UOTTAWA> Below is from 1986 DataPro Research pub EP10-020-138, Concepts & Issues a "Databook report on Electronic Publishing Systems" (v1), McGraw Hill. Call Datapro for reprints of one article: 1-800-328-2776 Not a direct quote, and I'm famous for my typos: First... American-British System: pica=.166 inch, and .01383 inch points Diodot system: 1 cicero=12 corps=.178 inch, and .01483 inch points Mediann system (Belgium): .165 inch ciceros, .01374 inch points later... "6 picas/inch, 12 points/pica, 72 points/inch - but not quite, as 30 picas are 4.98 inches..." bla blah ad nauseum and yet more... CPP's (Characters per Pica), eg Helvetica 10pt has a CPP of 2.5 It says that: Much of Europe is going to metric measurements now. Gee, and I'm Canadian (supposedly metric, eh?) and never seen 'em. But it can't be any worse'n this mess! One that was NOT in the above book... And then you have 'pels', fer cryin' out loud. Saw that in some turkey (no not turnkey ;-) YAWP (Yet Another Word Processor) that some student dragged in. So what the H*ll is a pel, yet? -- Sheesh /PJ SofPJF@VM.UoGuelph.Ca ------------------------------- If you try to please everyone, somebody is not going to like it.