On 11/30/2011 12:21 PM, John Cowan wrote: > Asmus Freytag scripsit: > >> The Q would be about 3/4 pts. (Difference is about 5%). If I have an >> implementation that works its math in quarter points (smallest unit that >> I've come across in run-of-the-mill software) then that could be your >> error. Is that something that real implementations do, or do they work >> with much higher internal precision? > TeX's internal unit is the scaled point, which is 1/65536 of a TeX point. > TeX points are exactly 1/72.27 inches, where an inch is exactly 25.4 mm. > They are a very close approximation to the traditional American point, > and are slightly smaller than PostScript points, which are 1/72 inches. > Right, even with an internal unit of 1/32 point you'd get a fairly decent representation of a Q. So Tex is 256 times better :) A./
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