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The alleged problem is this section, where he says that the American TypeFounders Association defined a point as exactly .013837 inches, citing a NIST document. But NIST is codifying existing use, so they had to get it from SOMEWHERE. So what primary source gives that definition of a point?
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And that proved a trial to find. I link a few sources in the newsletter, which say things like .01383 inches or "996 points / 35 cm" (which is 0.01384 inch). Notably not the NIST value. Part of this is undoubtably that .00001 inches = 25 nanometers, so there's some error in measuring that