point (printer's) to PostScript point
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point (printer's)
Definition: The point (printer's) is a traditional typographic unit, often equal to 1/72 of an inch, used in printing and publishing.
Historyandorigin: The point was used by printers for centuries as a standard unit to measure type and text layout in printed materials.
CurrentUse: The printer's point is used less frequently today in digital printing but is still seen in professional typesetting and print design.
funfact: The printer's point is still widely used in high-end print publishing and design, though digital points have largely replaced it in everyday use.
PostScript point
Definition: The PostScript point is a unit of measure in digital typography, defined as 1/72 of an inch, used to describe font size and line spacing.
Historyandorigin: Developed by Adobe Systems in the 1980s, the PostScript point is a standard unit for defining text size in the PostScript page description language.
CurrentUse: It remains the standard for digital and print typography, commonly used in professional typesetting and digital design software.
funfact: One PostScript point equals 1.3 pixels on a 96 DPI display.
point (printer's) to PostScript point Conversion Table
| 1 point (printer's) | 0.99626401 PostScript point |
| 2 point (printer's) | 1.9925280199 PostScript point |
| 3 point (printer's) | 2.9887920299 PostScript point |
| 5 point (printer's) | 4.9813200498 PostScript point |
| 10 point (printer's) | 9.9626400996 PostScript point |
| 50 point (printer's) | 49.813200498 PostScript point |
| 100 point (printer's) | 99.626400996 PostScript point |
| 1000 point (printer's) | 996.26400996 PostScript point |
| 10000 point (printer's) | 9962.6400996 PostScript point |
| 100000 point (printer's) | 99626.400996 PostScript point |
| 1000000 point (printer's) | 996264.00996 PostScript point |
How to Convert point (printer's) to PostScript point
1 point (printer's) = 0.99626401 PostScript point
1 PostScript point = 1.00375 point (printer's)
we use cross multiplication method
point (printer's) → PostScript point
1 → 0.99626401
1.5 → ?( suppose x)
=>1.5*0.99626401=1*x
by simplifying
x=1.4943960149