Pica (typography)
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title:
Pica (typography)
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The pica is a typographic unit of measure corresponding to approximately 1⁄6 of an inch, or from 1⁄68 to 1⁄73 of a foot. One pica is further divided into 12 points. In printing, three pica measures are used:
- The French pica of 12 Didot points generally is: 12 × 0.376 = 4.512 mm (0.1776 in).
- The American pica of 0.16604 inches (4.217 mm). It was established by the United States Type Founders' Association in 1886. In TeX one pica is 400⁄2,409 of an inch.
- The contemporary computer PostS
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Unit of length
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_(typography)
date created:
2004-09-16T18:40:00Z
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2024-09-09T00:19:46Z
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