From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/66356 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Henning Hraban Ramm Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Screen document design Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:32:30 +0100 Message-ID: <2C24D94B-045F-45D3-AFB2-6CD69A748FFB@fiee.net> References: <20110224113410.3245683a@glyph> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; Format="flowed"; DelSp="yes" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1298554394 31015 80.91.229.12 (24 Feb 2011 13:33:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:33:14 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Feb 24 14:33:10 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PsbJa-00086x-Sw for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:33:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 133CACAA5D; Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:33:06 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id mlazoI-sXX-8; Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:32:53 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C282ECAA5E; Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:32:53 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48F57CAA5E for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:32:53 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id hv2F-0zCKHXb for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:32:33 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter4-ams.mf.surf.net (filter4-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.72]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3448CAA5D for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:32:32 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from turan.fiee.net (turan.fiee.net [87.230.77.106]) by filter4-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id p1ODWWvO013571 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:32:32 +0100 X-No-Auth: unauthenticated sender Original-Received: from turan.fiee.net (lvps87-230-77-106.dedicated.hosteurope.de [127.0.0.1]) by turan.fiee.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48DE82DD4C002 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:32:31 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [10.128.9.9] (192-115.76-83.cust.bluewin.ch [83.76.115.192]) by turan.fiee.net (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:32:31 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <20110224113410.3245683a@glyph> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=87.230.77.106; country=DE; region=07; city=Host; latitude=51.6500; longitude=6.1833; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=51.6500,6.1833&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 03EbNwwIo - 9bf9ce3d2322 - 20110224 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.72 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:66356 Archived-At: Am 2011-02-24 um 11:34 schrieb Marco: > On 2011-02-24 Ian Lawrence wrote: > >> Thanks for taking the trouble for what was really simple, but seems >> 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 =3D 12pt) > pt Points (1in =3D 72.27pt) There=92s 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 =3D 1/72,27 in =3D 0,3515 mm (traditional American printer=92s point) 1 bp =3D 1/72 in =3D 0,3528 mm (after the Anglo-Saxon compromise inch of = 1959 =3D 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! 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