didot point

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didot point - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Didot point
  
     <unit, text> A variant of the point, equal to 0.3759 mm, or
     1/72 of a French Royal inch (27.07 mm), or about 1/68 inch.
     Didot points are used in Europe.  This unit is named after the
     French printer Francois Ambroise Didot (1730 - 1804) who
     defined the "point-based" typographical measurement system.
  
     (2002-03-11)