Point (typography)
Comparison table

Point (typography)

Section Title: Comparison table
Table Section Text: None

Name	Year	mm	inch

≈ 0.350 mm

Fournier	1737	≈ 0.345	0.0135

American	1886	≈ 0.3515	= 0.013837

Japanese	1962	= 0.3514	≈ 0.013835

TeX pt	1982	= 0.35145980	≈ 0.013837	= ​1⁄72.27

PostScript, CSS pt, TeX bp	1984	= 0.3527	= 0.0138	= ​1⁄72

≈ 0.375 mm

Didot	1783	≈ 0.375972	≈ 0.0148

Berthold	1878	≈ 0.376	≈ 0.014801

German actual, TeX dd	1964	= 0.376065	≈ 0.014806

German nominal	1984	= 0.375	≈ 0.014764

Other

Truchet	1694	≈ 0.188	≈ 0.007401

L'Imprimerie Nationale	1810	= 0.400	≈ 0.015748

German, Japanese, CSS q	1999	= 0.250	≈ 0.009842

Sentence(s)

In 1878 Berthold defined 0.376 mm to the point.

final_sentence: In 1878 Berthold defined 0.376 mm to the point.