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stick | 0.0069185 stick | 0.013837 stick | 0.0207555 stick | 0.027674 stick | 0.0345925 stick | 0.041511 stick | 0.0484295 stick | 0.055348 stick | 0.0622665 stick | 0.069185 stick | 0.0761035 stick | 0.083022 stick | 0.0899405 stick | 0.096859 stick | 0.1037775 stick | 0.110696 stick | 0.1176145 stick | 0.124533 stick | 0.1314515 stick | 0.13837 stick | 0.1452885 stick | 0.152207 stick | 0.1591255 stick | 0.166044 stick | 0.1729625 stick | 0.179881 stick | 0.1867995 stick | 0.193718 stick | 0.2006365 stick | 0.207555 stick | 0.2144735 stick | 0.221392 stick | 0.2283105 stick | 0.235229 stick | 0.2421475 stick | 0.249066 stick | 0.2559845 stick | 0.262903 stick | 0.2698215 stick | 0.27674 stick | 0.2836585 stick | 0.290577 stick | 0.2974955 stick | 0.304414 stick | 0.3113325 stick | 0.318251 stick | 0.3251695 stick | 0.332088 stick | 0.3390065 stick | 0.345925 stick | 0.3528435 stick | 0.359762 stick | 0.3666805 stick | 0.373599 stick | 0.3805175 stick | 0.387436 stick | 0.3943545 stick | 0.401273 stick | 0.4081915 stick | 0.41511 stick | 0.4220285 stick | 0.428947 stick | 0.4358655 stick | 0.442784 stick | 0.4497025 stick | 0.456621 stick | 0.4635395 stick | 0.470458 stick | 0.4773765 stick | 0.484295 stick | 0.4912135 stick | 0.498132 stick | 0.5050505 stick | 0.511969 stick | 0.5188875 stick | 0.525806 stick | 0.5327245 stick | 0.539643 stick | 0.5465615 stick | 0.55348 stick | 0.5603985 stick | 0.567317 stick | 0.5742355 stick | 0.581154 stick | 0.5880725 stick | 0.594991 stick | 0.6019095 stick | 0.608828 stick | 0.6157465 stick | 0.622665 stick | 0.6295835 stick | 0.636502 stick | 0.6434205 stick | 0.650339 stick | 0.6572575 stick | 0.664176 stick | 0.6710945 stick | 0.678013 stick | 0.6849315 stick | 0.69185 stick |
≡ 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) | sticks | points (typography) | sticks |
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1 | = 0.0069185 | 4 | = 0.027674 |
1.5 | = 0.01037775 | 4.5 | = 0.03113325 |
2 | = 0.013837 | 5 | = 0.0345925 |
2.5 | = 0.01729625 | 5.5 | = 0.03805175 |
3 | = 0.0207555 | 6 | = 0.041511 |
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.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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stick | ≡ 2 in | = 0.0508 m | Other (Length) |
sticks | points (typography) | sticks | points (typography) |
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1 | = 144.5400014454 | 4 | = 578.1600057816 |
1.5 | = 216.8100021681 | 4.5 | = 650.4300065043 |
2 | = 289.0800028908 | 5 | = 722.700007227 |
2.5 | = 361.3500036135 | 5.5 | = 794.9700079497 |
3 | = 433.6200043362 | 6 | = 867.2400086724 |
points (typography) | sticks |
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1 | = 0.0069185 |
144.5400014 | = 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 …) |