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Re: LPub DPI control?
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Wed, 5 Mar 2008 22:24:08 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Kevin L. Clague wrote:
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> The only issue left is fonts. I have to figure out how to express fonts in real
> world units and how to map that to points or whatever. Time to learn more new
> stuff. If anyone is knows much about this topic let me know.
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> Scalable fonts would probably be best to use (if they can be found).
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> Kevin
Maybe the following link does help you a little bit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_%28typography%29
If you use truetype fonts it should not be a problem to print them in the
correct size.
cu
mikeheide
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| (...) I just found the following in my VB description: 1440 Twips = 1 inch 1 Twips = 1/20 point (DTP) 1 cm = 567 Twips 1 point = 0,3515 cm (72 dpi) maybe this is also useful. cu mikeheide (19 years ago, 5-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LPub DPI control?
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| (...) Most of this feature is done. I had to identify every LPub meta-command that had something with the units of pixels, and treat them as a new class of "units", meaning known absolute distances (i.e. meters or inches.) Every time these values (...) (19 years ago, 5-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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