Re: A bug?

[Emma Jane Hogbin <emmajane@xtrinsic.com>]

On Sun, Feb 23, 2003 at 12:37:49PM -0500, Daniel B. wrote:
> Russell Shaw wrote:
> > ...
> > Doesn't that mean that any assumptions about font and window sizes by
> > X apps is all wrong? Instead of 1pt being 1/72", it's more like 1/60",
> 
> Actually, 1 point is always 1/72".  (That's the definition of a point.)

Actually there are two different kinds of "points" that I know of:
Anglo-American point (1 point = 0.013833 inches) and a Didot (French) point (1
point = 0.376mm). As far as I know only the Anglo-American is used in
digital typorgraphy; however, at least one other "point" exists for the
print world.

emma

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