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0010002ScribusGeneralpublic2016-05-23 11:07
Reporteralexandre Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityhave not tried
Status newResolutionopen 
Summary0010002: please add quad/quadrat unit
DescriptionA user asks for quad/quadrat measure unit which is useful for layouting/typesetting newspapers.
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related to 0006436 acknowledged Add "Agate Lines" to the vertical units 

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cbradney

2011-05-25 20:46

administrator   ~0026260

How does that relate to pt or inches?

alexandre

2011-05-26 03:21

developer   ~0026263

1 quad = 48 pt = 18,0412 mm

cezaryece

2011-05-26 05:16

updater   ~0026264

Last edited: 2011-05-26 05:30

Wikipedia:
"Em quad, in typography, a space that is as wide as the height of the font"

I am not found any other definitions for quad unit and any one of quadrant unit.
Google gets nothing about this.
Maybe it is some local unit used in one country?
48 points are also called "canon". See it is also 4 picas and it has some sense.
But how sizes are noticed with that unit?
Pica has notation "picas,points"...

Better than add one new exotic unit is to implement way for defining new units by user?

alexandre

2011-05-26 16:21

developer   ~0026273

Last edited: 2016-05-23 11:07

The numbers I quoted come from a Russian encyclopedy indeed.

Yes, I think being able tosetup your own units could be a way forward, especially if the system will be flexible enough for cases such as 0006436

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2011-05-25 14:41 alexandre New Issue
2011-05-25 20:46 cbradney Note Added: 0026260
2011-05-26 03:21 alexandre Note Added: 0026263
2011-05-26 05:16 cezaryece Note Added: 0026264
2011-05-26 05:23 cezaryece Note Edited: 0026264
2011-05-26 05:30 cezaryece Note Edited: 0026264
2011-05-26 16:21 alexandre Note Added: 0026273
2011-05-28 21:02 cbradney Product Version 1.6 milestone =>
2016-05-23 08:21 PeterBenedek Patch => No
2016-05-23 08:21 PeterBenedek Severity minor => feature
2016-05-23 11:07 Kunda Note Edited: 0026273
2016-05-23 11:07 Kunda Note Edited: 0026273
2016-05-23 11:07 Kunda Relationship added related to 0006436