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2. Pica (typography) - Wikipedia

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   metric ( SI) units. 4.2333 mm. The pica is a typographic unit of measure corresponding to approximately 6 of an inch, or from 68 to 73 of a foot. One pica is further divided into 12 points . In printing, three pica measures are used: The French pica of 12 Didot points (also called cicero) generally is: 12 × 0.376 = 4.512 mm (0.1776 in).

3. Traditional point-size names - Wikipedia

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   For example, "agate" and "ruby" used to be a single size "agate ruby" of about 5 points; [2] metal type known as "agate" later ranged from 5 to 5.8 points. The sizes were gradually standardized as described above. [3] Modern Chinese typography uses the following names in general preference to stating the number of points.

4. Vector graphics - Wikipedia

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   Vector graphics are a form of computer graphics in which visual images are created directly from geometric shapes defined on a Cartesian plane, such as points, lines, curves and polygons. The associated mechanisms may include vector display and printing hardware, vector data models and file formats, as well as the software based on these data ...

5. Punched card - Wikipedia

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   At some point, 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 by 7 + 3 ⁄ 8 inches (83 by 187 mm) became the standard card size. These are the dimensions of the then-current paper currency of 1862–1923. [42] This size was needed in order to use available banking-type storage for the 60,000,000 punched cards to come nationwide. [41]

6. Business card - Wikipedia

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   A Oscar Friedheim card cutting and scoring machine from 1889, capable of producing up to 100,000 visiting and business cards a day. Business cards are cards bearing business information about a company or individual. [ 1][ 2] They are shared during formal introductions as a convenience and a memory aid.

7. Justice Kagan says there needs to be a way to enforce ... - AOL

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   Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday became the first member of the U.S. Supreme Court to call publicly for beefing up its new ethics code by adding a way to enforce it. In her first public remarks ...