From: "John W. Kennedy" <jwkenne@...>
Date: 2004-10-08T00:34:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Bit of the Matz Interview (in Rubyist Magazine)

Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> By the way, did you know that 5pt font name is Perl.., I mean, Pearl.
> I couldn't believe Pearl is smaller than Ruby (5.5pt). ;-)

The "ruby" type size, by the way, is (was) called "agate" in the US. 
However, as far as I know, the Japanese phonetic renderings are called 
"ruby".

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John W. Kennedy
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