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Subject:RE: Need a smarter person than me From:John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 11 Mar 2003 19:08:13 -0500
Dick
Regardless of what the numbers actually mean, is it possible that this is a
requirement based on needing to match existing material? If this is the
case, being a specific font was specified, wouldn't everyone be producing
consistent output, even if nobody is truly producing 11.25/13.5 font?
The customer probably doesn't care what they are...if everyone uses the
same, everyone's looks the same.
On the other hand, the customer never said anything about points, so if this
discussion on what points really means was presented to him, he'd probably
say "What's a point?"
...or am I off-base?
John Posada
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---------- Donkey
>>...all body text must be 5/32 inches and
>>...all warnings and cautions must be 3/16 inches
>>
>
> That'd be 11.25 points and 13.5 points, respectively.
>
> Those are hardly common type sizes. <:(
They actually are not type sizes at all. And therein lies the rub. These
are labeling requirements, and they are based on some rather strange
assumptions on the part of the lawyers who draft government regulations.
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