[sdiy] typographic measurements [WAS: Metric vs imperial, was: My new Moog 960 sequencer clone module project.. slowly but surely ..]

[Olav Martin Kvern]

eh, "overstate", sorry--Knuth is awesome.

On 11/11/2020 7:23 PM, Olav Martin Kvern wrote:
> mskala at ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote: "TeX still uses this definition of the 
> point."
> 
> I had a paragraph that mentioned that, and another that went on about 
> problems with Fournier's printed point/pica ruler of 1737, but I thought 
> I'd already dragged things too far into typographic geekery.:-)
> 
> That said, it's hard to understate the impact of Donald Knuth's work in 
> several fields.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Olav Martin Kvern