Re: Point

[David Kastrup]

Noeck <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,
>
> it may be a bit pedantic, but what is the definition of a point on this
> page?
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/setting-the-staff-size.html
>
> The ratio between the points and mm is between 0.3476 and 0.3536.
> I suppose it is the DTP point (0.352778 mm) but the numbers are
> converted and rounded with 0.352. Right?

More likely a TeX pt, namely 2540:7227 mm

> Is the pt or the mm value the more exact one?

I don't understand the question.

> And why does the number in the feta font name differ from the rounded
> staff height (for the last two)?

Font sizes are rather fuzzy items related to the optical scale of a font.

-- 
David Kastrup