What is 20mil in Picas?

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What is 20 Mils (20mil) in Picas (pc)?

What is 20mil in pc? Convert 20 Mils (20mil) to Picas (pc) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Mils to Picas

Formula
pc = mil / 166.04
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Picas, divide the number of Mils by 166.0
Mils (mil) in 1 Pica
There are 166.04 Mils in 1 Pica
Picas (pc) in 1 Mil
There are 0.01 Picas in 1 Mil

Unit Information

Mil
/mɪl/
Symbol: mil
Unit System: Imperial

What is the Mil?

The mil is a unit of length in the imperial unit system and uses the symbol mil (or sometimes thou).

A mil in one one-thousandth of an inch (0.001 inches) or 25.4 μm.

The mil is still used in the US to measure thickness of various materials.

Pica
/ˈpʌɪkə/
Symbol: pc
Unit System: Typography

What is the Pica?

The pica is a unit of length in the field of typography and uses the symbol pc.

There are 12 points in 1 pica. 1 pica represents approximately 1/6 of an inch.

Picas are expressed using numbers and a lower case p on software such as Adobe InDesign - for example 8p6 which would represent 8 picas and 6 points (or 8.5 picas).

The Pica is very useful in measuring and calculating the space needed to print letters and words on paper - for example when laying out books or magazine articles; the font lengths are quanitified by the number of characters per pica (cpp).


Conversion Tables for Mils (mil) to Picas (pc)