On Friday 04 February 2005 14:26, David Christian Berg wrote: > > No, the page sizes should be correct to the spec, for sure. However, a mm > > and a pt dont relate well. > > 1 postscript pt = 1/72 in, = 0.352777777 mm > > 1 TeX pt = 1/72.27in, = 0.3514589035mm > > Hmm,a TeX pt, strange... however, this is not as easy as I thought > > > and then theres the other, older versions. > > > > What dont you think shouldnt be what way? I would hope that you dont mean > > all our measurements be done in MM? (Even tho I'm a metric kinda guy > > myself, I do realise pts are where its at in printing) > > Actually I did. I mean maybe you're right on pts being the standard so > far, but there's no point for this really. The metric system is a lot > better. Actually the only thing I don't use it for so far is font > sizes... I'm just used to pts there, but e.g. stroke widths I like in mm > a lot more. > So even though most proprietary DTPs will stick to Inches, for two more > years or more, I think open software should move to the metric system. > I'm sure, most designers wouldn't mind, actually all non US designers > will like it.
Yes but most professionals DTP people I've met actually THINK and WORK in pts. Craig -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20050204/4445bf82/attachment.pgp
