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Convert nail (cloth) to point
Please provide values below to Convert nail (cloth) to point, or vice versa.
What is a Nail Measurement?
A nail was 2.25 inches (5.715 cm) or 1/16th of a yard. Tudor-era clothing patterns specified dimensions in nails, with 4 nails making 1 quarter-yard. The term survives in 'eleven-nail' boots indicating sole length.
What is a Point?
The point is the smallest typographic unit (∼0.353 mm). The PostScript point standardized it as exactly 1/72 inch (0.3528 mm). Font sizes are measured in points - 12pt text has capital letters about 4.2 mm tall.
nail (cloth) to point Conversion Table
| nail (cloth) | point |
|---|---|
| 0.01 nail (cloth) | 1.62 point |
| 0.1 nail (cloth) | 16.2 point |
| 1 nail (cloth) | 162 point |
| 2 nail (cloth) | 324 point |
| 3 nail (cloth) | 486 point |
| 5 nail (cloth) | 810 point |
| 10 nail (cloth) | 1620 point |
| 20 nail (cloth) | 3240 point |
| 50 nail (cloth) | 8100 point |
| 100 nail (cloth) | 16200 point |
| 1000 nail (cloth) | 162000 point |
How to Convert nail (cloth) to point
1 nail (cloth) = 162 point
1 point = 0.0061728395061729 nail (cloth)
Example: convert 15 nail (cloth) to point:
15 × 162 = 2430 point