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At 02:15 AM 5/26/04 +1000, David Collyer wrote:
From the time I used to be a varietyper composer operator at North
Finchley, London, in 1971, I recall that there is also a relationship
between picas, ems and ens, but can't for the life of me remember
G'day all,
There is a linear measure called
the pica, used exclusively for measuring type.
There are six picas in an
inch, and twelve points in a pica.
From the time I used to be a varietyper composer operator at North
Finchley, London, in 1971, I recall that there is also a relationship
