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0.352777778

Feb 21, ’13 7:18 PM
Author Jeff B Categories Method

A Postscript point is 0.352777778 of a millimeter, or 1/72 of an inch.

Our font size standard is 6-point, sometimes 7-point, type.

Therefore in those “helpful” dialogs asking how large you want your type to be in mm, enter the following:

size in pointssize in millimeters
62.11
72.46
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