[scribus] Picas and Points

[F.Harr at softhome.net]

So long as you can use both picas and points or both ciceros and didots 

John Culleton writes: 

> On Monday 28 July 2008 11:16:01 am Gregory Pittman wrote:
>> F.Harr at softhome.net wrote:
>> > No, I'm just anti-metric.  I don't have a problem with an
>> > international standard, but we all believe in diversity, right? 
>> > So I, being an American and interested in the American market, am
>> > interested in American units, like picas and points 
>>
>> hehe.
>> Perhaps a little looking into the history of points is in order.... 
>>
>> Greg 
>>
> Coming as I do from a TeX environment I should note that TeX allows 
> inch measurements, points (traditional), big points (Adobe style), 
> picas, metric, didot, cicero,  and a tiny measurement called a scaled 
> point (sp) which are 65536 per inch.  So one system of mensuration 
> should not exclude another.  Translation from one unit to another is 
> a trivial execise for a programmer.  So we should if possible allow 
> for a diversity of units, making the product truly universal.  
> 
>  
> 
> -- 
> John Culleton
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