Blink! Cicero tape measure

September 3, 2009

Plantin-cicero-tape

This tape measure has cm and cicero units. The cicero unit used to be the continental counterpart of the aglo-saxon pica until postscript globalized typographic sizes by introducing the computer pica. No sticks or tapes needed anymore: inDesign calculates for you. This being aimed at the european market, what puzzles me is why the back of the tool spells inches

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