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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><br><div><br>> Table 2: Printers units<br>> Name (abbreviation) Value<br>> point (pt)<br>> pica (pc) 1pc = 12pt<br>> inch (in) 1in = 72.27pt<br>> centimetre (cm) 2.54cm = 1in<br>> millimetre (mm) 10mm = 1cm<br>> big point (bp) 72bp = 72.27pt<br>> didot point (dd) 1157dd = 1238pt<br>> cicero (cc) 1cc = 12dd<br>> <br>> According this table there are 12 points in 1 pica.<br>> If I should be nitpicking what scribus names as 'point (pt)'<br>> in the above table is denoted as 'big point (bp)'.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I think that a pica is usually taken as 1/6 of an inch now (although before postscript became popular, some print shops used 12 of the points that are 72.27/inch). <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_(typography)" target="_blank" style="font-size: 12pt;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_(typography)</a></div><div><br></div><div>William</div><div><br></div> </div></body>
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