On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 13:58:59 Carter, Baron wrote: >kyu >a metric unit of distance used in typography and graphic design. The kyu, >originally written Q, is equal to exactly 0.25 millimeter...
The thing that baffles me the most about this is why in the world didn't they go with the millimeter (or maybe even the micrometer)??? "Ifp" thinking at work here? Good grief... :-( NOTE: Would it make that much of a difference if they stipulated 100 mcm (sorry, guys, don't have the "micro" symbol here) as this Q instead (if mm is too big or mcm is too small)? I know, the problem here is that we do not have a prefix for 10^-4... :-S This "new Q" (0.1 mm) would have better "resolution" than its suggested 0.25-mm "brother"... Does anyone here know how to contact standards authorities on... "printing matters"? It seems like this bunch requires some serious guidance!... Besides, I strongly believe that it's about time this last holdout of ifp thinking in the computer world get their act together and redefine all fonts and what not in such terms. I'm sure they'd be able to do without this hideous 1/72" crap... I don't honestly think that fonts would "look" substantially different from what they are today, if they cut some decimal places to 0.1 mm precision!... Comments?... Marcus Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com
