Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2005/10/16, Torsten Bronger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Secondly, "point" should be renamed "bp" (big point). It's not >> *the* point after all (but an invention by Adobe, as far as I know). > > I suspect more calc users use postscript points than "real points"... > > Probably better to make "pt" / "point" mean postscript point, and add > "typopoint" or something for typographer's points (does anyone even > still use those now that postscript is so widespread?). Btw where on > earth did the name "bp" come from??? I've never heard it before.
TeX. It is a "big point" in TeX, to distinguish it from the slightly smaller typographic point 1/72.27 in. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel
