walt.farrell Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Just now, j_sandb said: Actually used it recently, it‘s still used in Switzerland and Germany. Thanks. A good opportunity to exercise your Wikipedia editing skills, I guess Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oval Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 14 hours ago, walt.farrell said: Not sure if you're being serious Well: 1 cc = 12 dd = 4,513 mm but: 1 DTP Cicero = 1 DTP Pica (DTP = PS) So only if you need to use the Didot system (working with some old typography) you (perhaps) need Cicero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjpanda Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 "Fiddly" is not good. Causes achy fingers and eventual deposit of your software into the dust bin. Need snap to for every ruler mark. A bit of history: in the early days of desktop publishing, PageMaker succeeded over several competitors because they figured out how to make on-screen layout not fiddly. Also, ruler gradations should change with the degree of zoom. At high magnification a proper ruler has a long gradation mark at midpoint (6pt) and medium mark at the quarters (3pt and 9pt). At lower magnification the minor gradations are every 2pts with a longer mark at 6pt. Please don't make us go blind reading rulers. jmwellborn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwellborn Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 1 hour ago, tjpanda said: ... a proper ruler has a long gradation mark at midpoint (6pt) and medium mark at the quarters (3pt and 9pt). At lower magnification the minor gradations are every 2pts with a longer mark at 6pt. Please don't make us go blind reading rulers. Actually, one of the most important changes to the rulers would be if they would look more like the top image in all views. They currently (beta) show long gradation marks in 2-pica increments with lots of tiny same-size gradation marks in between. This means many zooms to 400% to place guides where they need to be, especially for books with many images. Still, WE HAVE PICAS, which is absolutely wonderful!!! Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.3. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Is there a reason for this thread to remain pinned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted November 6, 2018 Staff Share Posted November 6, 2018 6 hours ago, fde101 said: Is there a reason for this thread to remain pinned? Nope Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KipV Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 21 hours ago, fde101 said: Is there a reason for this thread to remain pinned? It seemed like there were still some issues with picas that were being ironed out? That is the only reason I can think of. Quote New Internet Book Project | Another New Website Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted November 6, 2018 Staff Share Posted November 6, 2018 12 minutes ago, KipV said: It seemed like there were still some issues with picas that were being ironed out? That is the only reason I can think of. Remaining issues may well exist, so they would go in the bugs forums now it's meant to be supported Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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