lim@iris.ucdavis.edu (Lloyd Lim) (08/31/90)
Is there an abbreviation that people use for picas?
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In article <7633@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> lim@iris.ucdavis.edu (Lloyd Lim) writes: >Is there an abbreviation that people use for picas? The general convention is that a `p' after a number denotes picas, and before a number denotes points. So 6 picas would be written 6p and 6 points would be written p6 You can combine the two as well, so 6 picas and 6 points would be written 6p6 I've also seen a triangle used for picas. -- Ralph Brandi ralph@mtunq.att.com att!mtunq!ralph If it ain't broke, break it.
kent@circus.camex.com (Kent Borg) (09/05/90)
In article <1266@mtunq.ATT.COM> ralph@mtunq.ATT.COM (Ralph Brandi) writes: >In article <7633@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> lim@iris.ucdavis.edu (Lloyd Lim) writes: > >>Is there an abbreviation that people use for picas? > >The general convention is that a `p' after a number denotes picas, >and before a number denotes points. I have also seen "o" for points, so one might write: 6p4o f o d d e r Kent Borg internet: kent@camex.com MacNet: kentborg AOL: kent borg H:(617) 776-6899 W:(617) 426-3577 "Congress was about to scuttle our defense department ... Could our military industrial complex be backing Iraq?" - my mother, 8-4-90