Re: Face header

[Angus Duggan]

Bertrand Petit writes:
>On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 02:28:58PM -0700, Ingar Shu wrote:
>> Since a point is 1/72 of an inch.  Then call
>
>       A point is 1/72.72 of an inch. What you describe is Adobe's
>view of the point.

Historically, the point has taken different values in different times and
places. What you are describing is Don Knuth's view of the point.

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