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Re: Face header
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Bertrand Petit |
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Re: Face header |
Date: |
Thu, 11 May 2000 22:33:37 +0200 |
On Thu, May 11, 2000 at 10:59:22AM -0700, Angus Duggan wrote:
> Historically, the point has taken different values in different times and
> places. What you are describing is Don Knuth's view of the point.
Here is a brief summary of the point in chronological order:
1 didot point: 0.3759 mm
1 metric point: 0.4 mm
1 anglo-saxon point: 0.35135 mm
1 IN point: 0.39877 mm
1 knuth point: 0.34928 mm
1 adobe point: 0.35278 mm
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