8 units · base unit m · L
Typography length converter
CSS fixes one pixel at 1/96 inch for conversion purposes. PostScript fixes one point at 1/72 inch, making 12 points one pica exactly.
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Show this value in all 8 typography length units
- Metres m 0.001
- Millimetres mm 1
- Inchs in 0.039 370 078 740 2
- CSS pixels px 3.779 527 559 06
- PostScript points pt 2.834 645 669 29
- Picas pc 0.236 220 472 441
- Quarter millimetres Q 4
- Twips twip 56.692 913 385 8
Every row is Millimetre (mm) converted through the meter, in exact rational arithmetic.
Common typography length conversions
- mm → in
- mm → px
- mm → pt
- mm → pc
- in → mm
- in → px
- in → pt
- in → pc
- px → mm
- px → in
- px → pt
- px → pc
- pt → mm
- pt → in
- pt → px
- pt → pc
- pc → mm
- pc → in
- pc → px
- pc → pt
All typography length units
Each unit expressed in metres (m), the unit everything in this category converts through.
| Unit | Symbol | System | Value in m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metre | m | SI | 1 |
| Millimetre | mm | metric | 0.001 |
| Inch | in | imperial | 0.0254 |
| CSS pixel | px | other | 0.000264583333333 |
| PostScript point | pt | other | 0.000352777777778 |
| Pica | pc | other | 0.00423333333333 |
| Quarter millimetre | Q | metric | 0.00025 |
| Twip | twip | other | 0.0000176388888889 |
About typography length units
Convert CSS pixels, PostScript points, picas, Q, twips and physical metric lengths.
CSS fixes one pixel at 1/96 inch for conversion purposes. PostScript fixes one point at 1/72 inch, making 12 points one pica exactly.
Dimensional formula: L. Every conversion on this page goes through the metre, using exact fractions rather than decimal approximations. Read how that works →