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  2. Traditional point-size names - Wikipedia

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    Microscopique [8] Microscoop Microscopie 31.058 mm: Excelsior [10] [b] Minikin [10] Diamant: Brillant [8] Viertelcicero: Kwart cicero ⁠3 + 1 / 2 ⁠ ≈ 1.235 mm: Ruby Brilliant [12] 4 ≈ 1.411 mm: Brilliant Perle: Diamant Halbpetit [8] Robijn Diamant Halve petit ⁠4 + 1 / 4 ⁠ ≈ 1.499 mm: Gem ⁠4 + 1 / 2 ⁠ ≈ 1.588 mm: Diamond ...

  3. Italian orthography - Wikipedia

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    The base alphabet consists of 21 letters: five vowels (A, E, I, O, U) and 16 consonants. The letters J, K, W, X and Y are not part of the proper alphabet, but appear in words of ancient Greek origin (e.g. Xilofono), loanwords (e.g. "weekend"), [2] foreign names (e.g. John), scientific terms (e.g. km) and in a handful of native words—such as the names Kalsa, Jesolo, Bettino Craxi, and Cybo ...

  4. Italian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    1 dito (a.k.a. pollico) = 36.27 mm [7] 1 oncia = 12 punti [8] 1 piede = 12 diti [7] 1 piè = 15.61 in [5] 1 braccio = 12 once = 594.94 mm [8] [9] 1 trabucco = 6 piedi [9] 1 miglio = 3000 braccii = 1784.81 m [10] 1 atomo € = 1 mm [1] 1 dito € = 1 cm [1] [7] 1 palmo € = 1 dm [1] 1 metro € = 1 m [1]

  5. Pica (typography) - Wikipedia

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    The contemporary computer PostScript pica is exactly 1 ⁄ 6 of an inch or 1 ⁄ 72 of a foot, i.e. 4.2 3 mm or 0.1 6 in. Publishing applications such as Adobe InDesign and QuarkXPress represent pica measurements with whole-number picas left of a lower-case p, followed by the points number, for example: 5p6 represents 5 picas and 6 points, or 5 ...

  6. Point (typography) - Wikipedia

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    He did not change the subdivisions (1 inch = 12 subdivisions = 72 points), but defined it strictly in terms of the royal foot, a legal length measure in France: the Didot point is exactly 1 ⁄ 864 of a French foot or 1 ⁄ 72 of a French inch, that is (by 1799) 15 625 ⁄ 41 559 mm or about 0.375 972 mm. Accordingly, one Didot point is exactly ...

  7. Italian grammar - Wikipedia

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    Italian grammar is the body of rules describing the properties of the Italian language. Italian words can be divided into the following lexical categories : articles, nouns, adjectives, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.

  8. Rosetta Stone (software) - Wikipedia

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    The Rosetta Stone v2.0.x is backward compatible with some of the later language packs for Version 1; specifically languages courses with a version number of 3.0 or 4.0.x. [1] The Rosetta Stone v2.1 through v2.2.x are only compatible with v6.x language courses. These versions of the language packs and software engine are neither backward ...

  9. Paper size - Wikipedia

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    It is a transitional size with the shorter side of ISO A4 (210 mm, 8 + 1 ⁄ 4 inch) and the longer side of British Foolscap (13-inch, 330 mm). ISO A4 is exactly 90% the height of F4. This size is sometimes also known as (metric) 'foolscap' or 'folio'. In some countries, the narrow side of F4 is slightly broader: 8.5 inches (216 mm) or 215 mm.