From: Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: [NTG-context] Re: Unknown units es and dk
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 19:05:33 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e83a1a12-45c8-42d3-a481-0ebd6334b637@xs4all.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <917d9294-b73c-64a3-f444-55e61d42b249@gmail.com>
On 3/23/2024 2:27 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
> Jan Ulrich Hasecke via ntg-context schrieb am 23.03.2024 um 13:57:
>> I saw this in (the btw great) bachotex-stepbystep presentation
>>
>> \definepapersize
>> [example]
>> [width=8.5es,
>> height=11es]
>>
>>
>> \setuptextbackground
>> [location=paragraph,
>> backgroundcolor=MyColors:4,
>> backgroundoffset=1dk,
>> frame=off]
>>
>>
>> The units "es" and "dk" are unknown to me.
>> What does they mean?
>
> Regarding the dk unit: https://tug.org/TUGboat/tb42-3/tb132hagen-dk.pdf
The es, ts and eu are discussed here:
https://tug.org/TUGboat/tb44-2/tb137egger-edith.pdf
it also discusses how the team callibrated these units by sampling texies.
Hans
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-03-23 12:57 [NTG-context] " Jan Ulrich Hasecke via ntg-context
2024-03-23 13:27 ` [NTG-context] " Wolfgang Schuster
2024-03-23 18:05 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2024-03-23 19:31 ` Hraban Ramm
2024-03-24 9:40 ` Hans Hagen
2024-03-24 8:29 ` Jan Ulrich Hasecke via ntg-context
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