Re: text font sizes

[Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu>]

On Wed, 30 May 2001, Alwyn Schoeman wrote:

> Why is it Stuff to Fix?
> 
> Metric is good, some places are just to stubborn to make or accept the
> change.

Ah, but some people are stuck in unfortunate backwards places that don't
use metric.  And besides, font sizes should be in points, and I think many
engineers use mm rather than cm.

-Lars

> On Tuesday 29 May 2001 20:20, you wrote:
>> On Tue, 29 May 2001, Alwyn Schoeman wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Can anyone please tell me how the font size specification in a text
>> > objects properties work?
>>
>> They measure in centimeters.  It's on my list of Stuff To Fix (though
>> with a lot of stuff before it) to handle units better.
>>
>> -Lars

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