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 | Converted 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 | = 0.088812335975443 p |
3 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
4 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
5 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
6 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
7 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
8 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
9 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
10 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
20 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
30 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
40 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
50 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
60 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
70 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
80 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
90 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
100 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
200 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
300 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
400 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
500 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
600 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
700 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
800 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
900 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
1000 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
2000 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
4000 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
5000 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
7500 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
10000 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
25000 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
50000 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
100000 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
1000000 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |
1000000000 didot point | = 0.088812335975443 p |