Points (pt)
Abbreviation: pt
Conversion Factor: 1.000000 (Unit of Reference)
Unit: In typography and design, points are one of the most important units of measurement-the unit of measurement used most often to describe the size of a font. A point is equal to 1/72 of an inch.
Usage: The use of points can be seen both digitally and in print in measuring the font or other text element size, the space between lines, and text layout.
Picas (pc)
Abbreviation: pc
Conversion Factor: 12.000000
Description: Picas are measures in typography and page layout. A pica is a unit equal to 12 points or 1/6 inch.
Usage: Extensively used in typesetting as well as designing of newspaper and magazine publications, and other printed materials.
Inches (in)
Symbol: in
Conversion Factor: 72.000000
Description: Inches are a unit of measurement in the imperial system. In typography, an inch is equivalent to 72 points.
Uses: Commonly used in print design to measure paper sizes, margins, and overall layout dimensions.
Millimetres (mm)
Symbol: mm
Conversion Factor: 2.834650
Definition: Millimeters are a metric unit of length. In typography, millimetre is used to measure narrow measurements, such as linespacing or line thickness.
Usage: Commonly used in print design within the European and countries measuring by metric system.
Centimetres (cm)
Symbol: cm
Conversion Factor: 28.346500
Description: Centimeters is a metric measurement of length equal to 10 millimeters. Centimeters are used for more giant measurements like page sizes in typography.
Applications: Applied in print layout and design, especially in setting up larger design elements.
Pixels (px)
Symbol: px
Conversion Factor: 0.750000
Description: Pixels are the base unit of digital display that forms the screens. They are the smallest controllable element of a picture represented on a screen.
Applications: Commonly used in web design, digital graphics and screen layout.
Em (em)
Symbol: em
Conversion Factor: 16.000000
Description: The em is a relative, scalable unit utilized in web design for defining sizes related to the present font size. One em equals the present font size, usually being 16 pixels as default in web browsers.
Applications: Can be applied in web design for responsive layouts where the size of the text and elements can be scaled proportionally.
Ex (ex)
Symbol: ex
Converting Factor: 7.500000
Definition: A relative unit to the height of the small 'x' of the current font. It appears less often than em but is convenient when scaling factors depend on the x-height of the font.
Appplications: Font size dependent scaling is undertaken in Web designing and Typography.
Character (ch)
Symbol: ch
Converting Factor: 8.500000
Description: The ch unit is a relative measure equal to the width of the "0" character of the current font. It is useful for creating elements sized according to the width of text characters.
Applications: Used in CSS for defining lengths relative to character width, useful for input fields and text areas.
Rem (rem)
Symbol: rem
Conversion Factor: 16.000000
Description: Rem (root em) is similar to em but is based on the font size of the root element usually the HTML element. It allows for units to scale consistently throughout a whole webpage.
Usages Used for responsive web designing in order to maintain the sizing consistent and scalable for text, paddings, margins, and other elements.
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