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Re: postscript point
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Henning Hraban Ramm |
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Re: postscript point |
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Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:55:44 +0600 |
Am 2014-09-11 um 16:44 schrieb Martin Tarenskeen <address@hidden>:
> But my question is about something else. Reading NR 5.4.3 (Lilypond 2.18) I
> read: "points, 1/72.27 of an inch"
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> I have always learnt that a postscript point is defined as exactly 1/72 of an
> inch. Where does the (small) difference come from?
LilyPond, like TeX, uses traditional Didot points. Didn’t check, but you get PS
points probably with \bp (big point).
Some of the few remnants of LilyPond’s previous TeX dependency.
Greetlings, Hraban
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