Units of size and measurement

Where units of measurement are required e.g. in the width attribute of colspec or the height and width attributes of file, the following abbreviations should be used.

UnitExampleExplanation
ptwidth="12pt"points
piwidth="12pi"picas ("pc" preferred)
pcwidth="12pc"picas
cmwidth="12cm"centimeters
mmwidth="12mm"millimeters
inwidth="12in"inches

Note: There should be no space between the numerals and the units i.e. "12 pt" is incorrect.