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commit 0864dbc068866f0bf3a040bd3247601f3ad7a3a5
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon Mar 31 07:25:44 2025 -0500
[doc,man]: Revise new "unit width" presentation.
* Be less repetitious.
* Clarify that a process of division is implied by linear scaling; the
fact may not be obvious to mathematically disinclined users.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 7 +++----
man/groff_font.5.man | 8 +++-----
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 996e6ba32..e8177e953 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -20008,11 +20008,10 @@ that permits all of its metrics to be expressed as
integers
if rendered at one point.
When the formatter configures a type size,
it scales the metrics linearly relative to that basis.
-The unit width has no inherent relationship to the device resolution;
-all it does is provide a basis for the magnitudes of the font metrics.
-The same division procedure applies to all font metrics.
+The unit width has no inherent relationship to the device resolution,
+and the same division procedure applies to all font metrics.
One observes that whatever unit might select for the unit width,
-the division operation cancels them out,
+the division operation implied by scaling cancels them out,
leaving a dimensionless quantity.
For instance,
diff --git a/man/groff_font.5.man b/man/groff_font.5.man
index 47305bf6a..5c4d2d928 100644
--- a/man/groff_font.5.man
+++ b/man/groff_font.5.man
@@ -550,13 +550,11 @@ if rendered at one point.
When the formatter configures a type size,
it scales the metrics linearly relative to that basis.
.
-The unit width has no inherent relationship to the device resolution;
-all it does is provide a basis for the magnitudes of the font metrics.
-.
-The same division procedure applies to all font metrics.
+The unit width has no inherent relationship to the device resolution,
+and the same division procedure applies to all font metrics.
.
One observes that whatever unit might select for the unit width,
-the division operation cancels them out,
+the division operation implied by scaling cancels them out,
leaving a dimensionless quantity.
.
.
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