No, I can't spell, thank you for your concern. Also, I must admit that I don't know what Australia uses for measurment, so I left you guys out. My appologies. n Finally, I was unaware the the "p" was more or less standard. I'm just used to a comma, so I asked for it. I'm not militant about it. As I said, it's only a minor point.
Hedley Finger writes: > F.Harr: >>>> Thanks all. If it's not too late to say, I prefere a comma, rather >>>> than a "p", but it's only a minor "point". >>> >>> Comma is used as a decimal point in some locales and as a 1000 separator >>> in >>> others. >>> IMO it's a bad choice to give it the pica/point meaning. >>> /Andreas > The only place that USES picas and points is the U.S. and Brittain. Who > cares? France uses Ciceros and Dideros and everywhere ells uses > milimeters. Who cares? > > The 99p99.9 format has a long tradition when layouts and type were marked > up on the manuscript or typescript. Usability tip: use notations that > people already understand. This format is also used in FrameMaker. Oh, > and Australians care 'cos we use commas as thousands separators -- and we > don't use Ciceros or Dideros or even Didot (which is what I think you > meant). Can't you spell or are you just too lazy to proofread your posts? > > Regards, > Hedley > > -- > > Hedley Finger > > 28 Regent Street Camberwell VIC 3124 Australia > Tel. +61 3 9809 1229 Fax. (call phone first) > Mob. (cell) +61 412 461 558 > Email. "Hedley Finger" <hfinger at handholding.com.au> > > > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus
