2002-02-14 No! No! By calling the units British, troy, or avoirdupoid, or some other foreign sounding adjective, we give FFU a more international flare. FFU must not appear to be used by only Americans, or a system only for Americans. FFU must be advertised as being a system for all of mankind. Normal and natural.
John > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Han Maenen > Sent: Wednesday, 2002-02-13 03:01 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:18195] Musical ifp? Was:Re: Re: Typographic units > > > Since when is it a requirement for a system of units to be musical? These > ifp goons are incredible. This nonsense also figures on either one of the > BWMA sites or the Inch Perfect one. > Shostakova's 7th Symphony in Fahrenheit? H�ndel's Messiah in slinch? I > wonder on what ifp units pop music is based, the BTU, the slug, the US > gallon or the Imperial pint? > Of course, the metrics of poetry has also nothing at all to do with SI or > FFU for that matter. > However, I suspect that the industry that makes musical instruments is > overwhelmingly ifp. > > Han > > P.S. I think that the BTU should in fact be called ATU now, > American Thermal > Unit, as it is much more an American unit than a British one today. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Louis JOURDAN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, 2002-02-12 11:17 > Subject: [USMA:18165] Re: Typographic units > > > At 9:11 -0800 02/02/11, John Hudson wrote: > Salut M. Jourdan, > > Sharon Irving at the ATypI secretariat forwarded to me your > letter regarding > typographic measurement, about which I have a few points to make > (excuse the > pun). > > Thanks for your message, M. Hudson. > > I am not at all familiar with 'Q', and would like to know where you heard > about this. > > On the Internet (I am not a specialist in typographic matters!). See for > example http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/metric-typo.html > and note the reference to the German standard DIN 16507-2. > > (music, by the way, should be included in your exceptions to SI, with the > added note that the metric system is inherently unmusical).* > > Here you surprise me ! How a measurement system could be musical ? > > One of the most common calculations in determining the harmonious > relationship of text block to page n traditional typography is > division by 3 > or by multiples of 3. > > I appreciate, but is that a golden rule ? > > It is worth remembering that international standard paper sizes (A4, etc) > while useful to the paper manufacturing industry are not based on any > harmonious system of proportion. > > The standard paper sizes (A series) are not, strictly speaking, based on > the metric system, but on a ratio height/width = square root of 2 : this > allows a magnification or reduction of a text, image, etc. > with the same occupation of the relative area of the sheet. Now it is true > that the A0 size has been determined by the ISO 216 standard with > a surface > of 1 square meter. See for example > http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html > > PS. I think you overstate the use of the metric system in some > parts of the > world. > > I am well aware of that. It is indeed the matter of a book I have just > written. I have to confess that I don't see much justification to > thatresistance... > > Regards > > Louis Jourdan > >
