Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/13

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Pika
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 19:19:30 -0400

Well it is that....but pica was also the standard typeface on most
typewriters - you know, those mechanical devices that used to be used to
print letters on processed wood pulp and rags.;-)

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Tarek
Charara
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 6:34 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] Pika


De B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net>, le lundi 13 octobre 2003 à 15:34
GMT :

>I thought pika was a type face...:-)

It's a measurement unit used in typesetting. 1 inch = 6 pica, if my
memory is correct... 

Tarek
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