Convert Point [Didot] to Gry - Free Calculator
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How to Convert Point [Didot] to Gry
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Point [Didot] to Gry Conversion Formula
To convert Point [Didot] to Gry, multiply by 1.7811.
To convert Gry back to Point [Didot], divide by 1.7811 (or multiply by 0.561451).
About These Units
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).
About Gry
The gry is a proposed unit of distance in the English traditional system. The name was first used in June 1679 by the philosopher John Locke (1632-1704) as a unit equal to 0.001 foot, 0.01 inch, or 0.1 line in a decimalized distance system. (Thomas Jefferson, who was very familiar with Lockes writings, later proposed a similar system in the U.S., but he called 0.001 foot a point rather than a gry.) In 1813, the gry was revived in another decimal measurement scheme in Britain. All these ideas failed, but the gry had some limited use in the nineteenth century as a unit equal to 0.1 line or 1/120 inch (0.211 667 millimeter). Long forgotten, the gry recently came back into the limelight in connection with a puzzle, circulating on the Internet, which asked for three English words ending in -gry. The word "gry" is from the ancient Greek, where it meant "a trifling amount".
Point [Didot] to Gry Conversion Table
| Point [Didot] | Gry | Gry | Point [Didot] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | 0.178110 | 0.1 | 0.056145 |
| 0.5 | 0.890550 | 0.5 | 0.280725 |
| 1 | 1.7811 | 1 | 0.561451 |
| 2 | 3.5622 | 2 | 1.1229 |
| 5 | 8.9055 | 5 | 2.8073 |
| 10 | 17.8110 | 10 | 5.6145 |
| 20 | 35.6220 | 20 | 11.2290 |
| 25 | 44.5275 | 25 | 14.0363 |
| 50 | 89.0550 | 50 | 28.0725 |
| 100 | 178.1100 | 100 | 56.1451 |
| 250 | 445.2749 | 250 | 140.3627 |
| 500 | 890.5498 | 500 | 280.7255 |
| 1000 | 1781.10 | 1000 | 561.4509 |
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