Units of Measurement

[Boudica]

Lighter is a good unit of measure. I used "cunt hair" a lot.

yes, we know. How long have you been waiting to bring that up again?

 

[JBurton]

yes, we know. How long have you been waiting to bring that up again?

I was going to say he'd be more accurate asking measurements in... nevermind, I'll hop out of the gutter.

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

yes, we know. How long have you been waiting to bring that up again?

Quite a while .. I need y'all to bring up units of measurements a little more often.

 

[ProSignTN]

Sorry Boudica, but a 'cunt hair' is the least possible amount a man can adjust a measurement. It's less than fudge to the short side. And that shit dates back to busting wood in the 70's.

 

[Humble PM]

Metric is leaps and bounds better than imperial, however I was taught imperial and it's what I use as well.
I do wish we used the A standard for paper/print sizes here, everything is the same aspect ratio, makes scaling artwork a breeze! no more clients sending you a 8.5"x11" flyer and wanting you to print it at 24"x36" for their A-Frame sign

A series is great - a cube A0xA0xA0 of water weighs one metric tonne (1189x841mm=1sqM)

 

[Pauly]

I've have Inched used once or twice. That's just too foreign for us. no idea what 12 1/6 or something means.

 

[Humble PM]

Worked with an American intern recently, who claimed to not get the metric system, so I had to perform plenty of mental arithmetic to accommodate her units of choice. Fortunately, I grew up with photographic paper sizes, which were always stated first in inches, then metric. My achilles heel is translating A-series to inches - aint no-one got time for that.

 

[Stacey K]

Doesn't anyone use a pica pole anymore? I love my mine, I use it all the time for placing graphics on signs, it's so easy to read!

 

[Gene@mpls]

A hundred dollar bill is 6 inches [15.4 cm]

 

[Boudica]

Doesn't anyone use a pica pole anymore? I love my mine, I use it all the time for placing graphics on signs, it's so easy to read!

I still have mine, but I don't use it

 

[Humble PM]

These were some of the units I used on floor graphics in my print room during those times.

This was based on various international ways to keep a safe distance.
Bonus for recognising what and where...

 

[StarSign]

I prefer the 17 and 4 marks x 9 and just past the 5th mark