point (American, English) | 1 pt | 2 pt | 3 pt | 4 pt | 5 pt | 6 pt | 7 pt | 8 pt | 9 pt | 10 pt | 11 pt | 12 pt | 13 pt | 14 pt | 15 pt | 16 pt | 17 pt | 18 pt | 19 pt | 20 pt | 21 pt | 22 pt | 23 pt | 24 pt | 25 pt | 26 pt | 27 pt | 28 pt | 29 pt | 30 pt | 31 pt | 32 pt | 33 pt | 34 pt | 35 pt | 36 pt | 37 pt | 38 pt | 39 pt | 40 pt | 41 pt | 42 pt | 43 pt | 44 pt | 45 pt | 46 pt | 47 pt | 48 pt | 49 pt | 50 pt | 51 pt | 52 pt | 53 pt | 54 pt | 55 pt | 56 pt | 57 pt | 58 pt | 59 pt | 60 pt | 61 pt | 62 pt | 63 pt | 64 pt | 65 pt | 66 pt | 67 pt | 68 pt | 69 pt | 70 pt | 71 pt | 72 pt | 73 pt | 74 pt | 75 pt | 76 pt | 77 pt | 78 pt | 79 pt | 80 pt | 81 pt | 82 pt | 83 pt | 84 pt | 85 pt | 86 pt | 87 pt | 88 pt | 89 pt | 90 pt | 91 pt | 92 pt | 93 pt | 94 pt | 95 pt | 96 pt | 97 pt | 98 pt | 99 pt | 100 pt |
finger | 0.0158133 finger (US) | 0.0316265 finger (US) | 0.0474398 finger (US) | 0.0632531 finger (US) | 0.0790664 finger (US) | 0.0948796 finger (US) | 0.1106929 finger (US) | 0.1265062 finger (US) | 0.1423195 finger (US) | 0.1581327 finger (US) | 0.1739460 finger (US) | 0.1897593 finger (US) | 0.2055726 finger (US) | 0.2213858 finger (US) | 0.2371991 finger (US) | 0.2530124 finger (US) | 0.2688256 finger (US) | 0.2846389 finger (US) | 0.3004522 finger (US) | 0.3162655 finger (US) | 0.3320787 finger (US) | 0.3478920 finger (US) | 0.3637053 finger (US) | 0.3795186 finger (US) | 0.3953318 finger (US) | 0.4111451 finger (US) | 0.4269584 finger (US) | 0.4427717 finger (US) | 0.4585849 finger (US) | 0.4743982 finger (US) | 0.4902115 finger (US) | 0.5060247 finger (US) | 0.5218380 finger (US) | 0.5376513 finger (US) | 0.5534646 finger (US) | 0.5692778 finger (US) | 0.5850911 finger (US) | 0.6009044 finger (US) | 0.6167177 finger (US) | 0.6325309 finger (US) | 0.6483442 finger (US) | 0.6641575 finger (US) | 0.6799708 finger (US) | 0.6957840 finger (US) | 0.7115973 finger (US) | 0.7274106 finger (US) | 0.7432238 finger (US) | 0.7590371 finger (US) | 0.7748504 finger (US) | 0.7906637 finger (US) | 0.8064769 finger (US) | 0.8222902 finger (US) | 0.8381035 finger (US) | 0.8539168 finger (US) | 0.8697300 finger (US) | 0.8855433 finger (US) | 0.9013566 finger (US) | 0.9171699 finger (US) | 0.9329831 finger (US) | 0.9487964 finger (US) | 0.9646097 finger (US) | 0.9804229 finger (US) | 0.9962362 finger (US) | 1.0120495 finger (US) | 1.0278628 finger (US) | 1.0436760 finger (US) | 1.0594893 finger (US) | 1.0753026 finger (US) | 1.0911159 finger (US) | 1.1069291 finger (US) | 1.1227424 finger (US) | 1.1385557 finger (US) | 1.1543690 finger (US) | 1.1701822 finger (US) | 1.1859955 finger (US) | 1.2018088 finger (US) | 1.2176220 finger (US) | 1.2334353 finger (US) | 1.2492486 finger (US) | 1.2650619 finger (US) | 1.2808751 finger (US) | 1.2966884 finger (US) | 1.3125017 finger (US) | 1.3283150 finger (US) | 1.3441282 finger (US) | 1.3599415 finger (US) | 1.3757548 finger (US) | 1.3915681 finger (US) | 1.4073813 finger (US) | 1.4231946 finger (US) | 1.4390079 finger (US) | 1.4548211 finger (US) | 1.4706344 finger (US) | 1.4864477 finger (US) | 1.5022610 finger (US) | 1.5180742 finger (US) | 1.5338875 finger (US) | 1.5497008 finger (US) | 1.5655141 finger (US) | 1.5813273 finger (US) |
In typography, the point is the smallest unit of measure. It is used for measuring font size, leading, and other items on a printed page.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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point (American, English) | pt | ≡ 1⁄72.272 in | ≈ 0.000351450 m | Other (Length) |
points (American, English) | finger | points (American, English) | finger |
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1 | ≈ 0.015813273340832 | 4 | ≈ 0.06325309336333 |
1.5 | ≈ 0.023719910011249 | 4.5 | ≈ 0.071159730033746 |
2 | ≈ 0.031626546681665 | 5 | ≈ 0.079066366704162 |
2.5 | ≈ 0.039533183352081 | 5.5 | ≈ 0.086973003374578 |
3 | ≈ 0.047439820022497 | 6 | ≈ 0.094879640044994 |
A finger (sometimes fingerbreadth or finger's breadth) is any of several units of measurement that are approximately the width of an adult human finger, including:
The digit, also known as digitus or digitus transversus (Latin), dactyl (Greek) or dactylus, or finger's breadth — 3⁄4 of an inch or 1⁄16 of a foot.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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finger | finger (US) | ≡ 7⁄8 in | = 0.022225 m | Imperial/US |
finger | points (American, English) | finger | points (American, English) |
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1 | ≈ 63.238013942239 | 4 | ≈ 252.95205576896 |
1.5 | ≈ 94.857020913359 | 4.5 | ≈ 284.57106274008 |
2 | ≈ 126.47602788448 | 5 | ≈ 316.1900697112 |
2.5 | ≈ 158.0950348556 | 5.5 | ≈ 347.80907668232 |
3 | ≈ 189.71404182672 | 6 | ≈ 379.42808365344 |
points (American, English) | finger |
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1 | ≈ 0.0158133 |
63.2380139 | ≈ 1 |
Symbol | Definition |
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≡ | exactly equal |
≈ | approximately equal to |
= | equal to |
digits | indicates that digits repeat infinitely (e.g. 8.294 369 corresponds to 8.294 369 369 369 369 …) |