by rais » Sun Aug 20, 2023 1:40 pm
Yes, a point is the smallest typographic unit of measure.
The ratio of 72.27 pt to 1 in is what (La)TeX uses to adhere to the American Point System, AFAIK.
Perhaps I should've asked you where your pt is coming from
A PostScript point would be 1/72 of an inch, which is 1 bp (big point) in (La)TeX terms.
To complete the confusion, outside (La)TeX a PostScript point also is given as 1 pt.
OTOH, you could have asked (La)TeX what 1 cm is in pt, because when you ask (La)TeX about a dimension, it will be given in pt, no matter which unit was used to set it:
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\documentclass{article}
\newlength\foo
\setlength\foo{1cm}
\begin{document}
1 cm = \the\foo
\end{document}
KR
Rainer
Yes, a point is the smallest typographic unit of measure.
The ratio of 72.27 pt to 1 in is what (La)TeX uses to adhere to the American Point System, AFAIK.
Perhaps I should've asked you where your pt is coming from :roll:
A PostScript point would be 1/72 of an inch, which is 1 bp (big point) in (La)TeX terms.
To complete the confusion, outside (La)TeX a PostScript point also is given as 1 pt.
OTOH, you could have asked (La)TeX what 1 cm is in pt, because when you ask (La)TeX about a dimension, it will be given in pt, no matter which unit was used to set it:
[code]
\documentclass{article}
\newlength\foo
\setlength\foo{1cm}
\begin{document}
1 cm = \the\foo
\end{document}
[/code]
KR
Rainer
