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                 Issue #|79884
                 Summary|Metric font and line sizes
               Component|ui
                 Version|OOo 2.2
                Platform|All
                     URL|http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2006Aug/
                        |0210.html
              OS/Version|All
                  Status|UNCONFIRMED
       Status whiteboard|
                Keywords|
              Resolution|
              Issue type|ENHANCEMENT
                Priority|P4
            Subcomponent|ui
             Assigned to|sba
             Reported by|crissov





------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Jul 22 16:27:03 +0000 
2007 -------
I would like to be able to select font-sizes in millimetres easily – or rather
quarter millimetres, which is he alleged Japanese unit ‘q’ and was proposed as a
metric modulo by DIN.
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/metric-typo/

pt       in        mm    ~mm      q
---     -----   ------- -----   ------
  9      1/ 8     3,175  3-3¼    12-13
 10      5/36     3,528  3½      14
 11     11/72     3,881  3¾-4    15-16  => n*16q sequence? (subst. n*12pt)
 12      1/ 6     4,233  4¼      17
 13     13/72     4,586  4½      18     => all 10–20
 14      7/36     4,939  5       20     => or more decimal (1-2-5)?
 18      1/ 4     6,35   6¼      25-26  (24)
 24      1/ 3     8,467  8½      34     (32)
 36      1/ 2    12,7   12½      50     (48)
 48      2/ 3    16,933 17       68     (64)
 64      8/ 9    22,578 22½      90     (96)
 72     1        25,4   25      100     (metric inch)
 96      4/ 3    33,867 33¾     135     (128)

The n * 16 q sequence:    16, (24,) 32, 48, 64, 80, 96, 128 q is quite close to 
a rounded sqrt(2) series: 16,  23,  32, 45, 64,     90, 128 q.

The width of lines should be available (i.e. predefined) in factoral increments
of sqrt(2): 2, 1.4, 1, 0.7, 0.5, 0.35, 0.25, 0.18, 0.13 mm etc. (i.e. sizes of
technical drawing pens). This is in analogy with ISO paper sizes.
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html#pens

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