OT: CSS details

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 04:20:34PM -0400, Walter Vaughan wrote:
> Jay R. Ashworth wrote
> >So "px" actually means "90th of an inch".  Does "pt" always mean ...
> >no, I'll just go look.
> >
> 
> "point" means 1/72 of an inch.

> I grew up in an evironment where acutal type was something that you held 
> in your hand was while not used everyday, were on the shelves. Quite fun 
> for a toddler in the JFK years.

Then you should know that point *actually* means "1/72.27 of an inch". 

:-)

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