pica (printer's) to PostScript point
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pica (printer's)
Definition: The printer's pica is a unit of length used in printing, equal to 1/6 of an inch, or 4.233 mm, traditionally used to measure type sizes and spacing.
Historyandorigin: This unit has its roots in the printing industry, where it was used to measure the width of typefaces and the space between lines.
CurrentUse: It is still used in some printing environments to measure type and layout, though digital systems have largely adopted other units.
funfact: In printing, a pica is often used to define the size of type and layout for books, magazines, and other printed material.
PostScript point
Definition: The PostScript point is a unit of measure in digital typography, defined as 1/72 of an inch, used to describe font size and line spacing.
Historyandorigin: Developed by Adobe Systems in the 1980s, the PostScript point is a standard unit for defining text size in the PostScript page description language.
CurrentUse: It remains the standard for digital and print typography, commonly used in professional typesetting and digital design software.
funfact: One PostScript point equals 1.3 pixels on a 96 DPI display.
pica (printer's) to PostScript point Conversion Table
| 1 pica (printer's) | 11.955168 PostScript point |
| 2 pica (printer's) | 23.910336 PostScript point |
| 3 pica (printer's) | 35.865504 PostScript point |
| 5 pica (printer's) | 59.77584 PostScript point |
| 10 pica (printer's) | 119.55168 PostScript point |
| 50 pica (printer's) | 597.7584 PostScript point |
| 100 pica (printer's) | 1195.5168 PostScript point |
| 1000 pica (printer's) | 11955.168 PostScript point |
| 10000 pica (printer's) | 119551.68 PostScript point |
| 100000 pica (printer's) | 1195516.8 PostScript point |
| 1000000 pica (printer's) | 11955168 PostScript point |
How to Convert pica (printer's) to PostScript point
1 pica (printer's) = 11.955168 PostScript point
1 PostScript point = 0.0836458342 pica (printer's)
we use cross multiplication method
pica (printer's) → PostScript point
1 → 11.955168
1.5 → ?( suppose x)
=>1.5*11.955168=1*x
by simplifying
x=17.932752