EMS TO RUNNING INCH
Reading edition
In estimating the amount of matter set, the following table of type measurement will be found useful. It shows the number of ems in a running inch, in columns from 10 to 30 picas wide, in seven different sizes of type. The figures across the top denote the width of page or column in picas, and the figures below denote the number of ems to the column inch in the various sizes designated in the column to the left.
WIDTH OF COLUMNS IN PICAS
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
6 point 240 264 288 312 336 360 384 408 432 456 480
7 point 177 194 212 229 247 265 282 300 318 335 353
8 point 135 148 162 175 189 202 216 229 243 256 270
9 point 107 117 128 139 149 160 171 181 192 203 213
10 point 86 95 104 112 121 129 138 147 155 164 173
11 point 71 79 86 93 100 107 114 121 128 136 143
12 point 60 66 72 78 84 90 96 102 108 114 120
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
6 point 504 528 552 576 600 624 648 672 696 720
7 point 371 388 406 424 441 459 477 494 512 529
8 point 283 297 310 324 337 351 364 378 391 405
9 point 224 235 246 256 267 277 288 299 309 320
10 point 181 190 199 207 216 225 233 242 250 259
11 point 150 157 164 171 178 185 192 200 207 214
12 point 126 132 138 144 150 156 162 168 174 180