MagicPlot Manual

Plotting and nonlinear fitting software

User Tools

Site Tools


point

Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

Link to this comparison view

Both sides previous revision Previous revision
Next revision
Previous revision
point [Sat Feb 27 00:19:34 2010]
Alexander
point [Sun Nov 8 12:21:24 2015] (current)
Line 1: Line 1:
-====== Point ======+====== Point, pt (unit of measure) ======
 In [[wp>typography]], a **[[wp>Point_(typography)|point]]** is the smallest unit of width or height measure. It is commonly abbreviated as **pt**. In [[wp>typography]], a **[[wp>Point_(typography)|point]]** is the smallest unit of width or height measure. It is commonly abbreviated as **pt**.
  
-The [[wp>desktop publishing]] point (DTP point) is defined as 1/72 inch (25.4 mm), it is approximately 0.0139 inch or 352.8 µm. Twelve points make up a pica, and six picas make an inch.+The [[wp>desktop publishing]] point (DTP point) is defined as 1/72 inch, it is approximately 0.0139 inch or 0.353 mm. Twelve points make up a pica, and six picas make an inch.
  
 In MagicPlot points are used to set up font size and line widths. In MagicPlot points are used to set up font size and line widths.
point.1267219174.txt.gz · Last modified: Sun Nov 8 12:20:32 2015 (external edit)