Re: [NTG-context] Screen document design

So many things I am only vaguely aware of....! But I think that pixels are a) undocumented b) work.... And I'm pretty sure i'll put both (ignorant) feet in it in trying to add something to the Wiki... Greetings from the grey England.. Ian On 24 February 2011 13:32, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:

Am 2011-02-24 um 11:34 schrieb Marco:

On 2011-02-24 Ian Lawrence wrote:

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Thanks for taking the trouble for what was really simple, but seems

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undocumented (?)

Some other units: mm Millimetres cm Centimetres in Inches em em width, depends on the font ex ex height, depends on the font pc Picas (1pc = 12pt) pt Points (1in = 72.27pt)

There’s also bp (big points). We have the difference between TeX points (pt) and PostScript points (bp) in ConTeXt like in every other TeX: 1 pt = 1/72,27 in = 0,3515 mm (traditional American printer’s point) 1 bp = 1/72 in = 0,3528 mm (after the Anglo-Saxon compromise inch of 1959 = 25.4 mm) (1 "Didot" point, traditionally used in Europe, was 0,376 mm)

See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_(typography)

Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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