I have a bottle of water in front of me. The contents states: 33.8 FL OZ (1 QT 1.8 FL OZ) 1 LITER
Which of the three units used would you consider to be the primary unit? All units are equal in font type. Jerry ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 12:21:05 AM Subject: [USMA:43963] RE: EU Metric Directive Yes, Ken. I consider the unit in first place as "more prominent" that the unit in second place even if the second place declaration is larger or bolder except, perhaps, in cases of extreme contrasts such as the examples that you illustrate. I have never observed such extreme contrasts on US labels. The fonts are usually *the same* for both declarations. Gene. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:43:11 -0700 (PDT) >From: Ken Cooper <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:43931] RE: EU Metric Directive >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > Gene > > I would disagree with your interpretation. UK law only > states that an imperial supplementary indication must > be be no more prominent than the primary metric. > > Whether one indication is given first or second may > not be relevant to this > > To give an extreme example, > 1 lb 454 g > > would definitely be legal, and I cannot imagine any UK > enforcement authority taking action regarding "1 lb > 454 g" > > In those cases, I don't consider the "1 lb" to be more > prominent than the "454 g" > > Would you disagree?
