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Re: Face header


From: Henrik Gedenryd
Subject: Re: Face header
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 09:56:10 +0200
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address@hidden wrote:

> This is wrong.
> 
> 1. The standard point, established by international agreement well over 100
> years ago, as used by Knuth and by type foundries everywhere is 1/72.27
> inch 

But there being a "standard" doesn't mean you can actually rely on it being
used. Witness the fact that the US officially adopted the metric system
decades ago. 

A point is a point is a point--not.

Henrik





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