[reportlab-users] colwidths question

[Tim Roberts]

Adrian Klaver wrote:

> If I remember correctly the units are in picas(1/72 inch).

>   


Just for completeness, Postscript's native units (which is what a PDF
is) are 1/72 inch, but those are points.  A pica is 12 points, or 1/6 inch.

There are other weird units you sometimes encounter.  A traditional
printer's point is actually just over 1/72.27 inch.  A "Didot point",
used in some European typesetting, is about 1/67.55 inch.  It was
defined as 1/72 of the "French royal inch", which was slightly longer
than the English inch.  A cicero is 12 Didot points.

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