Bonjour,

On 12.10.09, Alan G Isaac wrote:
> On 10/12/2009 5:08 AM, Michael J Gruber wrote:
> > One may argue whether 1pt would be a better overall default
> 
> Ino the principle of least surprise should apply.
> 
> The current default is certainly is a surprise in PostScript.
> What is the default line width in PDF?

The default line width in PDF (1.4) is also 1pt.


I would apply the principle of the best-looking default output. Note
that the lines should not be too fat as compared to some text put in
its vicinity. As we use the TeX-cm font by default, a linewidth of 1pt
is too fat and looks ugly. The strokes in the text are about 0.5pt,
which looks good with the current default linewidth. This may be the
reason for the current default, I do not quite remember the discussion
about it.

So, I vote with

-1

for a change.

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