Michele wrote:
I prefer using the point as the unit of measurement due to its acceptance in
publishing elsewhere, including Europe, and having it correlate to the point
sizing in typefaces. Which significant publishing segment or authority
refers to font sizes in units such as mm or cm?
Hello Gary,
As I have been brought up in a "metric" country and moved then to an
"imperial" country I am OK with both cm and inches while I am not
familiar with points. As a consequence, while I can picture in my mind
a 1/4" indent or a 1.5cm border I would not know how a 50pt gap looks.
On the other hand I case see the benefits of uniform units of
measurement across the template so I am good with using points... just
give me a couple of months to get used to them :-)
I will update the template as soon as Jean has finished with the
section on figures.
One additional thing I forgot to mention.
The OOoBullet list style has a round bullet for the level 1, dash for
level 2 then round bullet again for levels 3 through 10
I did not touch the style, but I think that in many of the guides
nested bulleted lists have been represented with round bullets at all
the levels: should we change it?
Similar question for the OOoNumbered list style where we have arabic,
letter, roman.
Cheers,
Michele
Cheers,
Michele
Points (1/72 inch = 1 pt) are easy (for me, at least) to use when
setting indentations and such for various styles, etc. 36pt = 1/2 inch
and so. And 72 is a fine integer to break up into factors (for
subdividing), which might have been another reason for printers and
others to adopt it. [I think the French printers were among the first to
employ it: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_(typography)).] An basic
integer might be chosen, say 72 for a margin or other spacing. Then if
one wanted to subdivide it into thirds, if 72 were used, then doing the
sizing is easy to do and one avoids dealing with decimals, etc.
Being an electrical engineer, I adopted the SI system eons ago. But
having also studied chemical engineering, I'm aware that there is still
quite a bit of the old "English engineering" system still in active US
use. Yet, I prefer using points due to my preference for using integers
in lieu of decimals. And much of the US publishing world has not
changed, nor does that seem likely to occur anytime soon.
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Gary Schnabl
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