Twip?

Hi All,

Because I'm still learning VB.Net and in a Book of mine I was reading about

a twip. A twip is 1/1440 of an inch.

Can someone tell me what that means and how we use it!

Thanks in advance,

sparrow1

from wikipedia.org:

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A twip (or TWIP, which stands for Twentieth of a Point) is a typographical measurement. It is also used as the default measurement in Visual Basic 6 and prior where in windows "Small fonts" mode, 15 twips is equal to 1 pixel. A twip is 1/1440 of an inch when derived from the PostScript point at 72 to the inch, as opposed to the printer's point at 72.27 to the inch. It is also a commonly used unit within Symbian OS bitmap images.

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hope that sheds some light

I don't believe the concept of "Twips" are used at all in VB.NET. Usually that is referring to VB6. There are "coordinate systems" now with GDI+, which include the World, Page, and Device coordinate systems that allow you to draw things in real world values.

Check out the "Beginner's Guide To GDI+", particularly the "Coordinate Systems" and the "Points and Sizes" section for a little more info...
http://www.bobpowell.net/beginnersgdi.htm

twips ended with vb6, .net measures everything in pixel's

twips are gay anyways