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Re:Typescale: A Tool for Easy CSS Typography by chrismorgan on Friday May 19, 2023 @12:43PM (#36003958)
Correction: The CSS units are defined as 96px = 1in. It’s the point that’s 1⁄72 inch.

My comment elsewhere in the thread is relevant on these units and how they’re anchored: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36001822.

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Re:Typescale: A Tool for Easy CSS Typography by tracker1 on Friday May 19, 2023 @04:19PM (#36006388)
Yeah, I often get the two conflated... in either case, it's never, or at least rarely accurate.
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