Pica
Also Known As:
abbreviated as p
Common Misspellings:
pika, pice
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Definition:
A pica is a typesetting unit of measurement commonly used for measuring lines of type. One pica equals 12 points. There are 6 picas to an inch. Also used to describe a typewriter type that prints 10 characters per inch (cpi).
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