Convert pica (ATA) to barleycorn
Selected category: length.
Definition and details for pica (ATA):
Pica ATA (pc) is a unit of length used by typographers equal to 12 ATA points or about 4.21 mm.
Definition and details for barleycorn:
Barleycorn is an old English unit of distance equal to 1/3 inch or about 8.47 millimeters. In farming societies was very common to use seeds as units of length. Barley was a basic crop in England. So barleycorn was a useful unit.