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  2. Pica (typography) - Wikipedia

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    The pica is a typographic unit of measure corresponding to approximately 1 ⁄ 6 of an inch, or from 1 ⁄ 68 to 1 ⁄ 73 of a foot. One pica is further divided into 12 points. In printing, three pica measures are used: The French pica of 12 Didot points (also called cicero) generally is: 12 × 0.376 = 4.512 mm (0.1776 in).

  3. Typographic unit - Wikipedia

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    1 pica = 1 ⁄ 6 inch (British/American inch of today) = 4.23 3 mm. 1 point = 1 ⁄ 12 pica = 1 ⁄ 72 inch = 127 ⁄ 360 mm = 0.352 7 mm. Digital displays and printing led to the use an additional unit: 1 twip = 1 ⁄ 20 point = 1 ⁄ 1440 inch = 127 ⁄ 7200 mm = 0.017 63 8 mm. Fournier's original method of division is now restored in today's ...

  4. Traditional point-size names - Wikipedia

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    Four-line Pica French canon Canon Gros-canon [f] Kleine Missal: Konkordanz Kleine missaal 54 ≈ 19.050 mm: Missal: Missaal 56 ≈ 19.756 mm: Double-canon 60 ≈ 21.167 mm: Five-line pica: Große Missal: Sabon 66 ≈ 23.283 mm: Große Sabon [8] Grote sabon 72 25.4 mm: Six-line pica Inch: Double-trismégiste: Sabon Sechscicero [8] Kleine Sabon ...

  5. Point (typography) - Wikipedia

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    A less precise definition is one pica equals 0.166 inches (4.2 mm), and one point 0.01383 inches (0.351 mm). [ 27 ] [ 33 ] It was also noticed that 83 picas is nearly equal to 35 cm, so the Type Founders Association also suggested using a 35 cm metal rod for measurements, but this was not accepted by every foundry.

  6. Talk:Pica (typography) - Wikipedia

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    There are more than 152 points in an inch, and 6 picas do not equal an inch. The metric equivalents are therefore off as well. You can look at any "pica pole," a form of ruler that most frequently displays both inches and picas with half-pica (6-point) increments also marked, the difference is quite noticeable at 12 inches, nearly 6 extra points.

  7. Pitch (typewriter) - Wikipedia

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    Pitch is the number of letters, numbers and spaces in one inch (25.4 mm) of running text, that is, characters per inch (abbreviated cpi), measured horizontally. [1] [2] The pitch was most often used as a measurement of the size of typewriter fonts as well as those of impact printers used with computers.

  8. List of conversion factors - Wikipedia

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    pica: ≡ 12 points Dependent on point measures. picometre: pm ≡ 1 ... cubic inch per minute in 3 /min ≡ 1 in 3 /min = 2.731 177 3 ...

  9. Cicero (typography) - Wikipedia

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    It is 1 ⁄ 6 of the historical French inch, and is divided into 12 points, [2] known in English as French points or Didot points. The unit of the cicero is similar to an English pica, although the French inch was slightly larger than the English inch. There are about 1.066 picas to a cicero; a pica is 4.23333333 mm and a cicero is 4. ...