| foot, metric (short) | 1 smf | 2 smf | 3 smf | 4 smf | 5 smf | 6 smf | 7 smf | 8 smf | 9 smf | 10 smf | 11 smf | 12 smf | 13 smf | 14 smf | 15 smf | 16 smf | 17 smf | 18 smf | 19 smf | 20 smf | 21 smf | 22 smf | 23 smf | 24 smf | 25 smf | 26 smf | 27 smf | 28 smf | 29 smf | 30 smf | 31 smf | 32 smf | 33 smf | 34 smf | 35 smf | 36 smf | 37 smf | 38 smf | 39 smf | 40 smf | 41 smf | 42 smf | 43 smf | 44 smf | 45 smf | 46 smf | 47 smf | 48 smf | 49 smf | 50 smf | 51 smf | 52 smf | 53 smf | 54 smf | 55 smf | 56 smf | 57 smf | 58 smf | 59 smf | 60 smf | 61 smf | 62 smf | 63 smf | 64 smf | 65 smf | 66 smf | 67 smf | 68 smf | 69 smf | 70 smf | 71 smf | 72 smf | 73 smf | 74 smf | 75 smf | 76 smf | 77 smf | 78 smf | 79 smf | 80 smf | 81 smf | 82 smf | 83 smf | 84 smf | 85 smf | 86 smf | 87 smf | 88 smf | 89 smf | 90 smf | 91 smf | 92 smf | 93 smf | 94 smf | 95 smf | 96 smf | 97 smf | 98 smf | 99 smf | 100 smf |
| stick | 5.9055118 stick | 11.8110236 stick | 17.7165354 stick | 23.6220472 stick | 29.5275591 stick | 35.4330709 stick | 41.3385827 stick | 47.2440945 stick | 53.1496063 stick | 59.0551181 stick | 64.9606299 stick | 70.8661417 stick | 76.7716535 stick | 82.6771654 stick | 88.5826772 stick | 94.4881890 stick | 100.3937008 stick | 106.2992126 stick | 112.2047244 stick | 118.1102362 stick | 124.0157480 stick | 129.9212598 stick | 135.8267717 stick | 141.7322835 stick | 147.6377953 stick | 153.5433071 stick | 159.4488189 stick | 165.3543307 stick | 171.2598425 stick | 177.1653543 stick | 183.0708661 stick | 188.9763780 stick | 194.8818898 stick | 200.7874016 stick | 206.6929134 stick | 212.5984252 stick | 218.5039370 stick | 224.4094488 stick | 230.3149606 stick | 236.2204724 stick | 242.1259843 stick | 248.0314961 stick | 253.9370079 stick | 259.8425197 stick | 265.7480315 stick | 271.6535433 stick | 277.5590551 stick | 283.4645669 stick | 289.3700787 stick | 295.2755906 stick | 301.1811024 stick | 307.0866142 stick | 312.9921260 stick | 318.8976378 stick | 324.8031496 stick | 330.7086614 stick | 336.6141732 stick | 342.5196850 stick | 348.4251969 stick | 354.3307087 stick | 360.2362205 stick | 366.1417323 stick | 372.0472441 stick | 377.9527559 stick | 383.8582677 stick | 389.7637795 stick | 395.6692913 stick | 401.5748031 stick | 407.4803150 stick | 413.3858268 stick | 419.2913386 stick | 425.1968504 stick | 431.1023622 stick | 437.0078740 stick | 442.9133858 stick | 448.8188976 stick | 454.7244094 stick | 460.6299213 stick | 466.5354331 stick | 472.4409449 stick | 478.3464567 stick | 484.2519685 stick | 490.1574803 stick | 496.0629921 stick | 501.9685039 stick | 507.8740157 stick | 513.7795276 stick | 519.6850394 stick | 525.5905512 stick | 531.4960630 stick | 537.4015748 stick | 543.3070866 stick | 549.2125984 stick | 555.1181102 stick | 561.0236220 stick | 566.9291339 stick | 572.8346457 stick | 578.7401575 stick | 584.6456693 stick | 590.5511811 stick |
≡ 0.30 m
| 1 feet, metric (short) = 5.9055118110236 sticks | 4 feet, metric (short) = 23.622047244094 sticks |
| 1.5 feet, metric (short) = 8.8582677165354 sticks | 4.5 feet, metric (short) = 26.574803149606 sticks |
| 2 feet, metric (short) = 11.811023622047 sticks | 5 feet, metric (short) = 29.527559055118 sticks |
| 2.5 feet, metric (short) = 14.763779527559 sticks | 5.5 feet, metric (short) = 32.48031496063 sticks |
| 3 feet, metric (short) = 17.716535433071 sticks | 6 feet, metric (short) = 35.433070866142 sticks |
In typography, the stick, stickful, or stick of type was an inexact length based on the size of the various composing sticks used by newspaper editors to assemble pieces of moveable type. In English-language papers, it was roughly equal to 2 column inches or 100–150 words. In France, Spain, and Italy, sticks generally contained only between 1 and 4 lines of text each. A column was notionally equal to 10 sticks.
| 1 sticks = 0.16933333333333 feet, metric (short) | 4 sticks = 0.67733333333333 feet, metric (short) |
| 1.5 sticks = 0.254 feet, metric (short) | 4.5 sticks = 0.762 feet, metric (short) |
| 2 sticks = 0.33866666666667 feet, metric (short) | 5 sticks = 0.84666666666667 feet, metric (short) |
| 2.5 sticks = 0.42333333333333 feet, metric (short) | 5.5 sticks = 0.93133333333333 feet, metric (short) |
| 3 sticks = 0.508 feet, metric (short) | 6 sticks = 1.016 feet, metric (short) |
| 1 feet, metric (short) = 5.9055118 sticks |
| 1 sticks = 0.1693333 feet, metric (short) |