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

Quick Reference

1 Point [Didot] = 7.496e-5 Rod [International]

1 Rod [International] = 13340.05 Point [Didot]

Point [Didot] to Rod [International] Conversion Formula

To convert Point [Didot] to Rod [International], multiply by 7.496e-5.

Rod [International] = Point [Didot] × 7.496e-5

Point [Didot] = Rod [International] × 13340.05

To convert Rod [International] back to Point [Didot], divide by 7.496e-5 (or multiply by 13340.05).

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 Rod [International]

The rod is a traditional unit of distance equal to 5.5 yards (16 feet 6 inches or exactly 5.0292 meters). The rod and the furlong were the basic distance units used by the Anglo-Saxon residents of England before the Norman conquest of 1066. The Saxons generally called this unit the gyrd, a word which comes down to us as the name of a different unit, the yard. "Rod" is another Saxon word which meant just what it means today: a straight stick. The Normans preferred to call the gyrd a pole or a perch (a word of French origin, meaning a pole; see perche). The length of the rod was well established at least as early as the eighth century. It may have originated as the length of an ox-goad, a pole used to control a team of 8 oxen (4 yokes). Scholars are not sure how the rod was related to shorter units. It may have been considered equal to 20 "natural" feet (actual foot lengths; see foot), or it may have been measured "by hand" as 30 shaftments. In any case, when the modern foot became established in the twelfth century, the royal government did not want to change the length of the rod, since that length was the basis of land measurement, land records, and taxes. Therefore the rod was redefined to equal 16.5 of the new feet. This length was called the "kings perch" at least as early as the time of King Richard the Lionheart (1198). Although rods and perches of other lengths were used locally in Britain, the kings perch eventually prevailed. The relationship between the rod and the other English distance units was confirmed again by the Parliamentary statute of 1592, which defined the statute mile to be either 320 rods or 1760 yards, thus forcing the rod to equal exactly 5.5 yards or 16.5 feet.

Point [Didot] to Rod [International] Conversion Table

Point [Didot]	Rod [International]	Rod [International]	Point [Didot]
0.1	7.496e-6	0.1	1334.01
0.5	3.748e-5	0.5	6670.03
1	7.496e-5	1	13340.05
2	1.499e-4	2	26680.11
5	3.748e-4	5	66700.27
10	7.496e-4	10	133400.53
20	1.499e-3	20	266801.06
25	1.874e-3	25	333501.33
50	3.748e-3	50	667002.65
100	7.496e-3	100	1334005.31
250	0.018741	250	3335013.26
500	0.037481	500	6670026.53
1000	0.074962	1000	13340053.05

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