[USMA:15596] Re: Metric Typographic Units

[James R. Frysinger]

John, this is the last link on the USMA home page. What is your purpose
in posting it here?

Jim

> kilopascal wrote:
> 
> Metric Typographic Units
> 
> Typography is an old art and has developed over the years a
> bewildering variety of mutually incompatible units. The old Roman
> foot/inch system did not offer originally a unit fine enough for
> typography, so for instance the following special purpose ad-hoc units
> were created in various regions:
> 
>    * 1 point (Truchet) = 0.188 mm (obsolete today)
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