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Re:How to make pizza like a Neapolitan master by colinjoy on Friday April 24, 2020 @04:48PM (#22972761)
> for e.g. Switzerland still uses points for fonts! Not mm.

Anybody who deals with typography in any professional capacity does so. It is the normal, not some obscure Swiss habit.

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Re:How to make pizza like a Neapolitan master by systemvoltage on Friday April 24, 2020 @05:50PM (#22973291)
That's my point that supports "America is the only country in the world that still doesn't use metric units." - well, they tried. Many times: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_the_United_Stat...

It is sometimes hard to get rid of 100+ years of history, in the case of typography thats probably longer.

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