OT: CSS details

[Barry Wiseman]

Jay R. Ashworth wrote:

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

According to one (mostly archaic*) standard of many, set by American 
type founders in 1886, based on their 11.952-inch printer's foot, 
probably disregarded outside the U.S. where differing local standards 
existed, and in disuse since the decline of hot metal typography in the 
1960's.  I was a professional typographer from 1969 through the 70's, 
and my 1/72" point never got me in trouble with even the most demanding 
and picayune graphic designers.

*Donald Knuth used it in TeX.  In Postscript and in modern desktop 
publishing environments the point is 1/72".