Hi Amelia, Amelia A Lewis wrote on Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 10:41:55AM -0400: > On Thu, 26 Oct 2017 16:14:36 +0200 (CEST), Walter Alejandro Iglesias wrote:
>> In the ps file generated by mandoc you should have this line: >> >> %%DocumentMedia: Default 595 841 0 () () >> >> Where 595 841 correspond to A4. If you set output paper to "letter" >> that line will say: >> >> %%DocumentMedia: Default 612 790 0 () () > So these measures are in points? Strictly speaking, no, they are in PostScript basic units, and PostScript basic units default to 1/72 of an inch, see the PostScript language reference manual, Adobe Systems Inc. - 3rd edition, Addison-Wesley, Reading 1999 Section 4.3.1, page 183 together with PostScript Language Document Structuring Conventions Specification Version 3.0, 25 September 1992, Adobe Systems Inc., Section 6.1, page 94 > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_(typography) For practical purposes, "point" can often be used as a synonym for "PostScript basic unit", but that is imprecise terminology and may cause confusion. Yours, Ingo
