At 17:37 +0000 02/03/28, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Terry Simpson
Human Factors Consultant
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www.connected-systems.com
Phone: +44 7850 511794
>The kilogram is the only base unit that now depends on the
> preservation of a prototype, "Le Kilogramme prototype" at Le Bureau
> International des Poids et Mesures. Note the upper case "K" as a mark
of
> respect for the prototype.
That is a shame. I spend a lot of design time trying to dissuade people
from using upper case for importance. It eliminates, or makes less
effective, the ability to use upper case for other purposes.
Indeed it is just a K in upper case which is used to designate
the prototype of the kilogram (as was L for the former prototype of
the meter) . The closest font I have on my computer to show it would
be "Old English Text
MT", a sort of gothic, but that would certatinly not get through
the Internet.
Louis
