CSS: Physical units (cm mm in pt pc)

cm

centimeter.

• 10 mm
• ~0.3937 inch
• ~37.795 px

Physical units such as cm is useful for specifying printed style. For example:

@media print { table {font-size: 4cm} }

• CSS: @media query (responsive design)

mm

millimeter.

• 0.1 cm
• ~3.78 px

in

Inch.

• 6 pc.
• 72 pt.
• 96 px.
• 2.54 cm

pc

“pc” stands for “pica”. 1/6 inch.

• 12 pt.
• 16 px.
• ~0.423 cm

pt

“pt” stands for “point”. 1/72 inch.

• ~0.0138 inch
• ~1.33 px.
• 0.3527 mm