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Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 11:35:26 +0100
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On Sun, 2012-03-11 at 01:23 +0100, Stefan Salewski wrote:

> > 
> 
> You symbols are fine, but the sentence
> 
> "intended for 1:1 scaling. For example pin numbers and labels are
> smaller so pins can  be 100 unit (0.1 in) spaced."
> 
> makes not much sense to me.

OK, after some more thinking...
For EPS output, the 100 units <==> 0.1 in
may be true -- if the generated EPS is included unscaled in a document.
But this is a rare use case, and of course this EPS generation involves
a scaling itself.

My point was that there is not really an absolute size included in
gschem symbols.

The exception may be the point size of fonts -- this is the best
candidate for an absolute size in symbols or schematics, ie if we
consider the the 1pt == 1/72 in relation of postscript.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_%28typography%29