Microsoft KB Archive/76388

= Relationship Between Inches, Picas, Points, Pitch, and Twips =

Article ID: 76388

Article Last Modified on 11/16/2006

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 * Microsoft Office Publisher 2003
 * Microsoft Publisher 1.0a
 * Microsoft Publisher 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Publisher 2.0a
 * Microsoft Publisher 3.0 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
There are several methods typographers can use to measure character spacing (kerning) and line spacing (leading). Listed below are the definitions, and typical conversions you might need to employ.

POINT
&quot;Point&quot; is a unit of measurement used in typography that is equal to 1/72 inch. It is used primarily for representing the height of characters and the amount of space between lines, also known as leading.

Pitch Transferred to Points
120 / Pitch = Points

For example: 12 Pitch = 120 / 12 = 10 Points

PICA
&quot;Pica&quot; refers to a unit of measurement equal to 1/6 of an inch or 12 points. Pica and points can be used interchangeably and many typographers use pica as their standard unit of measurement.

Points Transferred to Pica
Points / 12 = Pica

For example: 24 Points = 24 Points / 12 = 2 Pica

PITCH
&quot;Pitch&quot; describes the width of a character. Pitch equals the number of characters that can fit side-by-side in 1 inch; for example, 10 pitch equals 10 characters-per-inch or 10 CPI. Pitch is a term generally used with non-proportional (fixed-width) fonts.

Point Transferred to Pitch
120 / Points = Pitch

For example: 10 point = 120 / 10 = 12 Pitch

TWIP
&quot;Twip&quot; is a unit of measurement equal to 1/20th of a printers point. There are 1440 twips to and inch, 567 twips to a centimeter

Points Transferred to Twips
20 * Points = Twips

For example: 10 Points = 20 * 10 Points = 200 Twips



MORE INFORMATION
The following is a conversion table for some of the common point sizes you'll encounter.  Inches    Picas     Points     Pitch     Twips (1/6&quot;)   (1/72&quot;)    (CPI)     (1/1440&quot;) ---

.08        .5        6         20.0      120 .10         .6        7         17.1      140 .11         .7        8         15.0      160 .13         .8        9         13.3      180 .14         .8       10         12.0      200 .15         .9       11         10.9      220 .17        1.0       12         10.0      240 .18        1.1       13          9.2      260 .19        1.2       14          8.6      280 .21        1.3       15          8.0      300 .22        1.3       16          7.5      320 .24        1.4       17          7.1      340 .25        1.5       18          6.7      360 .26        1.6       19          6.3      380 .28        1.7       20          6.0      400 .29        1.8       21          5.7      420 .31        1.8       22          5.5      440 .32        1.9       23          5.2      460 .33        2.0       24          5.0      480 .35        2.1       25          4.8      500 .36        2.2       26          4.6      520 .38        2.3       27          4.4      540 .39        2.3       28          4.3      560 .40        2.4       29          4.1      580 .42        2.5       30          4.0      600 .43        2.6       31          3.9      620 .44        2.7       32          3.8      640 .46        2.8       33          3.6      660 .47        2.8       34          3.5      680 .49        2.9       35          3.4      700 .50        3.0       36          3.3      720

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