Re: [jlreq] Quarter Millimeter

On 2011/11/30 18:42, Christoph Päper wrote:
> I’ve read several times that in Japanese typography it is or, at least, was quite common to employ a unit of 0.25 mm, i.e. a quarter millimeter, called ‘q’, (transcribed) キュ or (retranscribed) ‘kyu’, where Western typesetters would use one of the many ‘point’ units. It isn’t mentioned in JLREQ, however.
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> Should it be included here and therefore possibly get considered for CSS Values and Units?
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> Disclaimer: I unsuccessfully proposed its inclusion in CSS several years ago.

This is just a wild guess, but it may be that this unit is no longer 
very much in use because PostScript and DTP technology,... were all 
based on points. If that's the case, it may be good to add a note 
somewhere to that effect, so that people familiar with history can check it.

Regards,   Martin.