point (typography) | 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 |
barleycorn | 0.0415437 barleycorn | 0.0830874 barleycorn | 0.1246311 barleycorn | 0.1661748 barleycorn | 0.2077186 barleycorn | 0.2492623 barleycorn | 0.2908060 barleycorn | 0.3323497 barleycorn | 0.3738934 barleycorn | 0.4154371 barleycorn | 0.4569808 barleycorn | 0.4985245 barleycorn | 0.5400683 barleycorn | 0.5816120 barleycorn | 0.6231557 barleycorn | 0.6646994 barleycorn | 0.7062431 barleycorn | 0.7477868 barleycorn | 0.7893305 barleycorn | 0.8308742 barleycorn | 0.8724179 barleycorn | 0.9139617 barleycorn | 0.9555054 barleycorn | 0.9970491 barleycorn | 1.0385928 barleycorn | 1.0801365 barleycorn | 1.1216802 barleycorn | 1.1632239 barleycorn | 1.2047676 barleycorn | 1.2463113 barleycorn | 1.2878551 barleycorn | 1.3293988 barleycorn | 1.3709425 barleycorn | 1.4124862 barleycorn | 1.4540299 barleycorn | 1.4955736 barleycorn | 1.5371173 barleycorn | 1.5786610 barleycorn | 1.6202048 barleycorn | 1.6617485 barleycorn | 1.7032922 barleycorn | 1.7448359 barleycorn | 1.7863796 barleycorn | 1.8279233 barleycorn | 1.8694670 barleycorn | 1.9110107 barleycorn | 1.9525544 barleycorn | 1.9940982 barleycorn | 2.0356419 barleycorn | 2.0771856 barleycorn | 2.1187293 barleycorn | 2.1602730 barleycorn | 2.2018167 barleycorn | 2.2433604 barleycorn | 2.2849041 barleycorn | 2.3264478 barleycorn | 2.3679916 barleycorn | 2.4095353 barleycorn | 2.4510790 barleycorn | 2.4926227 barleycorn | 2.5341664 barleycorn | 2.5757101 barleycorn | 2.6172538 barleycorn | 2.6587975 barleycorn | 2.7003413 barleycorn | 2.7418850 barleycorn | 2.7834287 barleycorn | 2.8249724 barleycorn | 2.8665161 barleycorn | 2.9080598 barleycorn | 2.9496035 barleycorn | 2.9911472 barleycorn | 3.0326909 barleycorn | 3.0742347 barleycorn | 3.1157784 barleycorn | 3.1573221 barleycorn | 3.1988658 barleycorn | 3.2404095 barleycorn | 3.2819532 barleycorn | 3.3234969 barleycorn | 3.3650406 barleycorn | 3.4065843 barleycorn | 3.4481281 barleycorn | 3.4896718 barleycorn | 3.5312155 barleycorn | 3.5727592 barleycorn | 3.6143029 barleycorn | 3.6558466 barleycorn | 3.6973903 barleycorn | 3.7389340 barleycorn | 3.7804778 barleycorn | 3.8220215 barleycorn | 3.8635652 barleycorn | 3.9051089 barleycorn | 3.9466526 barleycorn | 3.9881963 barleycorn | 4.0297400 barleycorn | 4.0712837 barleycorn | 4.1128274 barleycorn | 4.1543712 barleycorn |
≡ 1⁄72.27 in
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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point (typography) | pt | ≡ 1⁄72.27 in | = 0.0003514598 m | Other (Length) |
points (typography) | barleycorns | points (typography) | barleycorns |
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1 | ≈ 0.041543711583924 | 4 | ≈ 0.1661748463357 |
1.5 | ≈ 0.062315567375887 | 4.5 | ≈ 0.18694670212766 |
2 | ≈ 0.083087423167849 | 5 | ≈ 0.20771855791962 |
2.5 | ≈ 0.10385927895981 | 5.5 | ≈ 0.22849041371158 |
3 | ≈ 0.12463113475177 | 6 | ≈ 0.24926226950355 |
The barleycorn is a small English unit of length equal to 1⁄3 of an inch (i.e., close to 0.8467 cm) still used in Great Britain and Ireland as a determiner of shoe sizes.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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barleycorn | = 1⁄3 in | ≈ 8.46×10−3 m | Imperial/US |
barleycorns | points (typography) | barleycorns | points (typography) |
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1 | ≈ 24.071031736773 | 4 | ≈ 96.284126947093 |
1.5 | ≈ 36.10654760516 | 4.5 | ≈ 108.31964281548 |
2 | ≈ 48.142063473547 | 5 | ≈ 120.35515868387 |
2.5 | ≈ 60.177579341933 | 5.5 | ≈ 132.39067455225 |
3 | ≈ 72.21309521032 | 6 | ≈ 144.42619042064 |
points (typography) | barleycorns |
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1 | ≈ 0.0415437 |
24.0710317 | ≈ 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 …) |