Re: Making pt a non-physical unit

On Jan 15, 2010, at 10:33 PM, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>  
wrote:

> That's what a hairline means.  It's just on the edge of visibility.

No it doesn't, unless your hair is very unusual. When I worked in  
print, we typically created hairlines that were 3/10 of a point (.004  
inches), output to film negatives at 2400 dpi at the time. It was  
thin, but we didn't have much call to create designs that people  
couldn't see.

Received on Saturday, 16 January 2010 07:15:15 UTC