Poetry of Programming » css http://www.poetryofprogramming.com Because coding is art Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:05:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 Conversion table for px, pt, em and % in CSS http://www.poetryofprogramming.com/css/conversion-table-for-px-pt-em-and-in-css/ http://www.poetryofprogramming.com/css/conversion-table-for-px-pt-em-and-in-css/#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:50:02 +0000 Krzysztof Karolczak http://www.poetryofprogramming.com/css/conversion-table-for-px-pt-em-and-in-css/ Are you wondering how to convert px to pt? When creating (or modifying) a style sheet have you ever tried to guess how many pixels corresponds to the size in points? I did :) . That’s why I decided to put together a conversion table :) . Enjoy.

Of course the table is here just to give you a rough idea which font size matches which. The actual display size depends on your browser, browser settings and font type used, but in most cases it should be just fine. Usually a quite good scaler for converting px to pt is a 0,75 multiplier (when comparing in a browser with font size set to standard).

The point of reference for relative values like ems and percent in this table is a standard font size – 16px (the 1em = 16px relation is set by default by most browsers when there’s no font-size declared beforehand).

Points Pixels Ems Percent
6pt 8px 0.5em 50%
7pt 9px 0.55em 55%
7.5pt 10px 0.625em 62.5%
8pt 11px 0.7em 70%
9pt 12px 0.75em 75%
10pt 13px 0.8em 80%
10.5pt 14px 0.875em 87.5%
11pt 15px 0.95em 95%
12pt 16px 1em 100%
13pt 17px 1.05em 105%
13.5pt 18px 1.125em 112.5%
14pt 19px 1.2em 120%
14.5pt 20px 1.25em 125%
15pt 21px 1.3em 130%
16pt 22px 1.4em 140%
17pt 23px 1.45em 145%
18pt 24px 1.5em 150%
20pt 26px 1.6em 160%
22pt 29px 1.8em 180%
24pt 32px 2em 200%
26pt 35px 2.2em 220%
27pt 36px 2.25em 225%
28pt 37px 2.3em 230%
29pt 38px 2.35em 235%
30pt 40px 2.45em 245%
32pt 42px 2.55em 255%
34pt 45px 2.75em 275%
36pt 48px 3em 300%

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