Typography Converter

Points, picas, pixels, ems

Typography Converter

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About the typography converter

This converter handles 10 typography units. Enter a value in either field and the other updates instantly — there is no button to press and nothing to submit. Use the swap control to reverse the direction of the conversion.

All factors are stored against a single base unit (Point) and applied in one step, so converting A → B never accumulates rounding error from an intermediate hop.

Quick reference table

Pixel	Point
1 px @96dpi	0.75 pt, 1/72 in
2 px @96dpi	1.5 pt, 1/72 in
5 px @96dpi	3.75 pt, 1/72 in
10 px @96dpi	7.5 pt, 1/72 in
20 px @96dpi	15 pt, 1/72 in
50 px @96dpi	37.5 pt, 1/72 in
100 px @96dpi	75 pt, 1/72 in
500 px @96dpi	375 pt, 1/72 in
1000 px @96dpi	750 pt, 1/72 in

All 10 units

Unit	Equals in Point
Point (pt, 1/72 in)	1
Pica (1/6 in)	12
Pixel (px @96dpi)	0.75
Em (12pt)	12
Inch (in)	72
Centimeter (cm)	28.34645669
Millimeter (mm)	2.834645669
Twip (1/20 pt)	0.05
Didot point	1.066034985
Cicero	12.79241983