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
<hraban@fiee.net> wrote:
Am 2011-02-24 um 11:34 schrieb Marco:
On 2011-02-24 Ian Lawrence <physics.rooted@gmail.com> 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 = 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
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