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+This project was developed because I wanted a 12 inch ruler that had the
+point scale included. Since I could not find what I wanted, I decided to
+make my own. Using the fact that there are 72.27 points/inch, I
+constructed this ruler. Included you will find the ruler (ruler.eps) and
+the source code (with Makefile) needed to generate this ruler from
+scratch.
+
+To generate ruler.eps, simply type "make" (without the " ").
+
+Note: Since the generation of this ruler requires PiCTeX, you must have
+the PiCTeX macros installed to build it. Also, I've noticed that TeX's
+memory size is exceeded on my system. To fix, this simply edit the file
+texmf.cnf (located in /usr/share/texmf/web2c/ on my system) and change
+
+main_memory = ******
+
+to
+
+main_memory = (something large like 1000000)
+
+After you make this change, you'll need to run "fmtutil --all" to recreate
+all format files.
+
+If you have any questions about this ruler, feel free to contact me.
+
+Troy Henderson
+http://www.math.tamu.edu/~thenders
+thenders@math.tamu.edu