Use this free online calculator to convert Barleycorn to Point [Didot] instantly. This all length conversions conversion tool provides accurate results for all your measurement needs.

Quick Reference

1 Barleycorn = 22.5464 Point [Didot]

1 Point [Didot] = 0.044353 Barleycorn

Barleycorn to Point [Didot] Conversion Formula

To convert Barleycorn to Point [Didot], multiply by 22.5464.

Point [Didot] = Barleycorn × 22.5464

Barleycorn = Point [Didot] × 0.044353

To convert Point [Didot] back to Barleycorn, divide by 22.5464 (or multiply by 0.044353).

About These Units

About Barleycorn

The Barleycorn is an old English unit of length. The custom of using seeds as units of length or weight is very common in farming societies. In Anglo-Saxon England, where barley was a basic crop, barleycorns played this traditional role. The weight of a barleycorn, later renamed the grain, is the original basis of all English weight systems including the older troy system and the later avoirdupois system. As a length unit, 3 barleycorns were equal to the Saxon ynce (inch). The English foot was actually defined as 12 of these ynces, that is, as 36 barleycorns.

About Point [Didot]

The point is a unit of length used by typographers and printers. When printing was done from hand-set metal type, one point represented the smallest element of type that could be handled, roughly 1/64 inch. Eventually, the point was standardized in Britain and America as exactly 1/72.27 = 0.013 837 inch, which is about 0.35 mm (351.46 micrometers). In continental Europe, typographers traditionally used a slightly larger point of 0.014 83 inch (about 1/72 pouce, 0.377 mm, or roughly 1/67 English inch), called a Didot point after the French typographer Firmin Didot (1764-1836). In the U.S., Adobe software defines the point to be exactly 1/72 inch (0.013 888 9 inch or 0.352 777 8 millimeters), a unit sometimes called the big point (bp). The German standards agency DIN has proposed that all these units be replaced by multiples of 0.25 millimeters (1/101.6 inch).

Barleycorn to Point [Didot] Conversion Table

Barleycorn	Point [Didot]	Point [Didot]	Barleycorn
0.1	2.2546	0.1	4.435e-3
0.5	11.2732	0.5	0.022176
1	22.5464	1	0.044353
2	45.0928	2	0.088706
5	112.7321	5	0.221765
10	225.4642	10	0.443529
20	450.9284	20	0.887059
25	563.6605	25	1.1088
50	1127.32	50	2.2176
100	2254.64	100	4.4353
250	5636.60	250	11.0882
500	11273.21	500	22.1765
1000	22546.42	1000	44.3529

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