Pixel (CSS) to Point (PostScript)

1 px = 0.75 pt

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1 px equals

0.75pt

All 11 units

Point (PostScript)pt
1/72 in
0.753⁄4
Picapc
12 pt
0.06251⁄16
Pixel (CSS)px
at 96 dpi
11
Emem
at 16 px default
0.06251⁄16
Inchin
0.010416666671⁄64
Millimetermm
0.264583333317⁄64
Centimetercm
0.026458333331⁄32
Point (TeX)pt (TeX)
1/72.27 in
0.75281253⁄4
Point (Didot)dd
0.376065 mm
0.703557452445⁄64
Cicerocc
12 Didot pt
0.05862978771⁄16
Twiptwip
1/20 pt
1515

Pixel (CSS) to Point (PostScript) table

Common Pixel (CSS) values converted to Point (PostScript)
Pixel (CSS) (px)	Point (PostScript) (pt)
1	0.75
2	1.5
5	3.75
10	7.5
20	15
50	37.5
100	75
250	187.5
500	375
1,000	750

How the conversion works

Multiply the pixel (css) figure by 0.75 to get point (postscript). Every factor on this site is anchored to the SI base unit for typography, so the same number is used everywhere it appears.

Going the other way, 1 pt = 1.3333333 px — see point (postscript) to pixel (css).

See all 11 typography units →