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Typographische Maßsysteme: Der metrische Punkt

Wolfgang Beinert's German page on various point systems. From his page:

1 Punkt (Didot-Punkt) = 0,376 mm
1 Point (Pica-Punkt) = 0,351 mm
1 Pica = 4,216 mm
1 Inch = 25,399 mm
1 Cicero = 12 Didot-Punkte = 4,404 mm
1 mm = 2,66 Punkt
1 mm = 0,237 Pica
1 mm = 2,846 Points
1 mm = 0,0394 Inches


03 Punkt = Billant
04 Punkt = Diamant
05 Punkt = Perl
06 Punkt = Nonpareille
07 Punkt = Kolonel
08 Punkt = Petit
09 Punkt = Borgis, Bourgeois
10 Punkt = Korpus, Garmond
11 Punkt = Rheinländer
12 Punkt = Cicero [ab 12 pt. auch Schaugröße genannt]
14 Punkt = Mittel
16 Punkt = Tertia
18 Punkt = Paragon
20 Punkt = Text
24 Punkt = 2 Cicero, Doppelcicero
28 Punkt = Doppelmittel
32 Punkt = Doppeltertia
36 Punkt = 3 Cicero, Doppeltertia
48 Punkt = 4 Cicero, Kanon
72 Punkt = 6 Cicero, Kleine Sabon
84 Punkt = 7 Cicero, Grobe Sabon
96 Punkt = 8 Cicero

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