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Subject:RE: Need a smarter person than me From:"Sharon Burton-Hardin" <sharon -at- anthrobytes -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 11 Mar 2003 14:16:53 -0800
Thank you all. You helped. I know the calculations, but I am really
suffering from bad spring fever (it is 80 degrees outside and it is killing
me) and simply could not do the math such that the results made sense.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Posada [mailto:JPosada -at- book -dot- com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 2:12 PM
To: 'Sharon Burton-Hardin'; TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: Need a smarter person than me
Point System
* Point
- 1/72 of an inch.
- 72 points equals 1 inch.
* To convert inches to points: inches x 72 = points
x 5
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72 32
(72 / 32) x 5 = 11.25 points
or has my basic 1st year of HS algebra abandoned me?
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
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---------- Donkey
We have a client who has just specified that all body text must be 5/32
inches and all warnings and cautions must be 3/16 inches.
I can't find my ruler that maps inches to points. For Myriad Roman, can
anyone help? I am stumped. I am also brain dead today.
Responses are probably best off-list, so as to not waste more band-width
than needed with this dumb question.
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