A screen size for print
A 16px body becomes 12pt for a print stylesheet.
Use px to pt
Converts pixels to points in this tab, with nothing sent anywhere.
Runs entirely on your deviceThe conversion happens in this browser tab. Nothing you type is uploaded, logged or stored, which is worth knowing for anything you would not paste into a search box.
Sixteen CSS pixels convert to 12 points using the standard 96 px per inch reference. Printed output can still change when a browser scales the page or a printer applies fit-to-page, so inspect the print preview.
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Points are the print world's type unit; pixels are the screen's. Converting pixels to points bridges a screen design and a print spec, using the CSS reference of 96 pixels and 72 points to the inch. That makes 16px equal to 12pt, the classic body size, and 24px equal to 18pt - the figures a print stylesheet or a PDF export expects. Exporting a screen design to PDF or print is the usual trigger, where a layout thought of in pixels has to be restated in the points a print pipeline measures type in. Favicon and app-icon specs sometimes mix pixel and point references, so converting keeps a single size consistent across a screen asset and its print counterpart. CSS reference pixels do not specify a display panel pixel density; the point result is a layout-unit conversion. A 24px heading corresponds to 18pt under that reference; printer resolution is a separate setting.
Using px to pt
- Type a number of px. You can paste a value with its unit; the tool reads the number.
- The exact factor is applied and the result is shown as pt, updating live as you type.
- Copy the answer, or switch to the reverse converter to go from pt back to px.
Where px to pt helps
Both directions
Need the opposite? The pt-to-px converter is linked below and uses the exact inverse factor.
Do not use CSS conversion as an image print calculator
The factor of 0.75 maps CSS pixels to points at the reference 96 px per inch. It does not tell you the print size of a photograph captured at an arbitrary resolution. For a raster image, physical print size depends on the chosen pixels-per-inch value. Keep font-size conversion and photo-resolution calculations separate when preparing a document for printing. Keep the raster's pixel count and selected print resolution alongside any physical-size calculation.
Before you use the result
- The result is rounded for readability, so a value converted and then converted back may differ in the last decimal place. The underlying factor is exact.
- Units in your input are ignored - only the number is read - so make sure the figure you type is really in px.
Questions about px to pt
How are px and pt related?
By the CSS reference of 96px and 72pt per inch, so 1px is 0.75pt. That makes 16px exactly 12pt.
Is my data uploaded?
No. px to pt does the arithmetic in this browser tab; the value is calculated on your device and is not sent to a server.
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