Fractions to Inches to Picas to Points...

With modern desktop publishing, the days of actually calculating picas to points to inches is almost a lost "art." On occasion, it is necessary to convert between the three. For that reason, I've created the following chart to help with these conversions for those who may still use these units of measurement...

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Fraction conversion chart

 
 
Fractions
Inches
Picas
Points
  1/32
0.031
0.188
2.25
  1/16
0.063
0.375
4.50
  3/32
0.094
0.563
6.75
  1/8
0.125
0.750
9.00
  5/32
0.156
0.938
11.25
  3/16
0.188
1.125
13.50
  7/32
0.219
1.313
15.75
  1/4
0.250
1.500
18.00
  9/32
0.281
1.688
20.25
  5/16
0.313
1.875
22.50
 11/32
0.344
2.063
24.75
  3/8
0.375
2.250
27.00
 13/32
0.406
2.438
29.25
  7/16
0.438
2.625
31.50
 15/32
0.469
2.813
33.75
  1/2
0.500
3.000
36.00
 17/32
0.531
3.188
38.25
  9/16
0.563
3.375
40.50
 19/32
0.594
3.563
42.75
  5/8
0.625
3.750
45.00
 21/32
0.656
3.938
47.25
 11/16
0.688
4.125
49.50
 23/32
0.719
4.313
51.75
  3/4
0.750
4.500
54.00
 25/32
0.781
4.688
56.25
 13/16
0.813
4.875
58.50
 27/32
0.844
5.063
60.75
  7/8
0.875
5.250
63.00
 29/32
0.906
5.438
65.25
 15/16
0.938
5.625
67.50
 31/32
0.969
5.813
69.75
1
1.000
6.000
72.00
 

 

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