[texhax] Teeny type

[Michael Doob]

On July 7, 2004 11:00 am, Robert Hunt wrote:
> > I was in the US last week and received one of the new 20 dollar bills.
> > It has one of the common anticounterfeiting measures: include some
> > teeny type that will not scan/photocopy well. Just to the right of
> > Andrew Jackson's face under the first part of the work TWENTY is a
> > string 20 USA 20 USA ... The size is about 2/3pt. The newest series
> > of Canadian dollar bills has perspective type descending to about 2pt.
>
> When you say "2/3pt" do you mean "2pt or 3pt", or do you mean
> "two-thirds of a point"? English notes have had sub-2pt type on for a
> long time...
>

Sorry -- for this group I should have said $\frac{2}{3}$ or ${2 \over 3}$.
What does it say on English currency? In Canada we seem to love our
buidings since we have the repeated expressions:
"THE WEST BLOCK OF PARLIAMENT  L'EDIFICE DE L'OUEST DU PARLEMENT" and
"LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DU PARLEMENT  THE LIBRARY OF PARLIAMENT". None too
inspiring, I'm afraid. I guess we have an ediface complex. At least the 
pictures are pretty.

Cheers,
Michael

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