pica (PostScript)-point (Didot; European) conversion

Conversion number between pica (PostScript) and point (Didot; European) [pt] is 11.260666666667. This means, that pica (PostScript) is bigger unit than point (Didot; European).

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pica (PostScript)

eg.: 10.12345 or 1.123e5

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Calculation process of conversion value

1 pica (PostScript) = (exactly) `((254/60000)) / ((5/13300))` = 11.260666666667 point (Didot; European)
1 point (Didot; European) = (exactly) `((5/13300)) / ((254/60000))` = 0.088804688887573 pica (PostScript)
? pica (PostScript) × `((254/60000) ("m"/"pica (PostScript)")) / ((5/13300) ("m"/"point (Didot; European)"))` = ? point (Didot; European)

High precision conversion

If conversion between pica (PostScript) to metre and metre to point (Didot; European) is exactly definied, high precision conversion from pica (PostScript) to point (Didot; European) is enabled.

Decimal places: (0-800)

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pica (PostScript) to point (Didot; European) conversion chart

Start value:	[pica (PostScript)]
Step size	[pica (PostScript)]
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visual:

pica (PostScript)	point (Didot; European)
0	0
10	112.60666666667
20	225.21333333333
30	337.82
40	450.42666666667
50	563.03333333333
60	675.64
70	788.24666666667
80	900.85333333333
90	1013.46
100	1126.0666666667
110	1238.6733333333

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Details about pica (PostScript) and point (Didot; European) units:

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pica (PostScript)

Definition of pica (PostScript) unit: ≡ 12 points .

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point (Didot; European)

Definition of point (Didot; European) unit: ≡ 5⁄133 cm . Defined after 1878 as 5/133 cm ≈ 0.00037593985 m

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