Re: Face header

[Bertrand Petit]

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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