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This quick and easy calculator will convert Leagues (leagues) to Points (pt) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Leagues to Points

Formula
pt = leagues x 15808351.34
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Points, multiply the number of Leagues by 15.8 million
Leagues (leagues) in 1 Point
There are 0 Leagues in 1 Point
Points (pt) in 1 League
There are 15808351.34 Points in 1 League

Unit Information

League
/liːɡ/
Symbol: leagues
Unit System: None

What is the League?

The league is a ancient unit of length that doesn't below to a unit system. Its symbol is simply - league.

It was originally an ancient Celtic unit as well as being common in Latin America and meant the distance "a person could walk in an hour". It is no longer a recognised unit in any nation.

Once it started to be quantified, in Argentina (legua) it represented 5.572 km, in England it was quantified as 3 miles and at sea a league is 3 nautical miles (3.452 miles).

Point
/pɔɪnt/
Symbol: pt
Unit System: Typography

What is the Point?

The point is a unit of length in the field of typography and uses the symbol pt.

It is the smallest unit in the world of typography. There are 12 points in a pica.

In physical printing methods / press systems, the point size is the height of the metal press body on which the font's letters are made. When applied to the digital type space, letters are designed around a theoretical size, an em square which is scaled to the relative point size (when specified of course!).


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