A variant of the point, equal to 0.3759 mm, or 1/72 of a French Royal inch (27.07 mm), or about 1/68 inch. Didot points are used in Europe. This unit is named after the French printer François Ambroise Didot (1730 - 1804) who defined the "point-based" typographical measurement system.
The pica is a typographic unit of measure corresponding to approximately 1/6 of an inch, or 1/72 of a foot. One pica is further divided into 12 points.
To date, in printing three pica measures are used:
1 Didot Points | to common length units |
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1 didot point | = 0.000375972222 meters (m) |
1 didot point | = 3.75972222E-7 kilometers (km) |
1 didot point | = 0.0375972222 centimeters (cm) |
1 didot point | = 0.0012335046653543 feet (ft) |
1 didot point | = 0.014802055984252 inches (in) |
1 didot point | = 0.00041116822178478 yards (yd) |
1 didot point | = 2.3361830783226E-7 miles (mi) |
1 didot point | = 3.9739163090582E-20 light years (ly) |
1 didot point | = 1.4209975535115 pixels (PX) |
1 didot point | = 2.3498263875E+31 planck length (pl) |
Didot Points | to Picas (table conversion) |
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1 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
2 didot point | = 0.17762467195089 p |
3 didot point | = 0.26643700792633 p |
4 didot point | = 0.35524934390177 p |
5 didot point | = 0.44406167987721 p |
6 didot point | = 0.53287401585266 p |
7 didot point | = 0.6216863518281 p |
8 didot point | = 0.71049868780354 p |
9 didot point | = 0.79931102377898 p |
10 didot point | = 0.88812335975443 p |
20 didot point | = 1.7762467195089 p |
30 didot point | = 2.6643700792633 p |
40 didot point | = 3.5524934390177 p |
50 didot point | = 4.4406167987721 p |
60 didot point | = 5.3287401585266 p |
70 didot point | = 6.216863518281 p |
80 didot point | = 7.1049868780354 p |
90 didot point | = 7.9931102377898 p |
100 didot point | = 8.8812335975443 p |
200 didot point | = 17.762467195089 p |
300 didot point | = 26.643700792633 p |
400 didot point | = 35.524934390177 p |
500 didot point | = 44.406167987721 p |
600 didot point | = 53.287401585266 p |
700 didot point | = 62.16863518281 p |
800 didot point | = 71.049868780354 p |
900 didot point | = 79.931102377899 p |
1000 didot point | = 88.812335975443 p |
2000 didot point | = 177.62467195089 p |
4000 didot point | = 355.24934390177 p |
5000 didot point | = 444.06167987721 p |
7500 didot point | = 666.09251981582 p |
10000 didot point | = 888.12335975443 p |
25000 didot point | = 2220.3083993861 p |
50000 didot point | = 4440.6167987721 p |
100000 didot point | = 8881.2335975443 p |
1000000 didot point | = 88812.335975443 p |
1000000000 didot point | = 88812335.975443 p |