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Metric System Imperial
milimeter [mm] inch [in]
meter [m] foot [ft]

Didot System
Pica System
point [p,dd] point [pt]
cicero [cc] pica [pc,pi]
canon canon

PostScript (current DTP)		 Abc
point [pt,bp]
pica [pi,pc]
canon
Type Sizes Table (Didot System)
Get conversion by clicking type size name
2p Nonplusultra 2.5p Microscopique 3p Brilliant 4p Diamond 5p Pearl 6p Nonpareil 7p Minion (mignon) 8p Petit 9p Bourgeois 10p Garmond 11p Brevier 12p Cicero (pica) 14p Mittel (English) 16p Tertia 20p Double Garmond (Paragon) 24p Double Pica 28p Double English (2 Mittel) 32p Double Tertia 40p Double Paragon 48p Canon
Didot System - used in Europe except UK
1 point = 1p = 1/2660 m = 0.37594 mm
1 cicero (pica) = 1cc = 12 p = 12/2660 m = 4.511278 mm

Pica System - UK and USA
1 point = 1pt = 996/350 mm = 0.3514 mm
1 pica = 1pc = 12 pt = 4.216867 mm

PostScript - current DTP point system used e.g in CSS (Cascading Style Sheets).
1 point = 1pt = 1/72in (cala) = 0.3528 mm
1 pica = 1pc = 12pt= 1/6in (cala) = 4.233(3) mm

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