> On Apr 19, 2006, at 11:35 PM, Tony Smith wrote:
>
>> but use pica (1/10"),
>
> Um.  No...  A pica is 1/72 of a foot (1/6 inch) !!
>
> BillW
> --


Ah yes, you're right.  12 points to the pica and all that.  1/10th inch
gets used a bit, I don't think it has a name.

The other day I can across the 1/10th foot measurement, for someone
selling wood.  Amazing the lengths people will go to to avoid metric.

Tony

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