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Pica Potluck
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What is a Pica?
a typographic unit of measure corresponding to 1/6 of an inch
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How many Picas are equal to 12 in.?
72p
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How many Picas are inside of a 5x5 square?
150p
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When do you use Picas?
EVERYWHERE in a newspaper
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What is a Pica in feet?
a pica is 1⁄72 of its respective foot
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How many Picas are equal to 50 in.
300p
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How many Picas are in a 6x2 square?
432p
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When did the Pica's creator live?
1712-1728
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How do write 5 Picas and 6 points in numeric form (used by InDesign)
5p6
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How many Picas are equal to 1000 in.
6000p
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How many Picas are in a 4x6 square?
864p
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What is a Pica in Millimeters?
4.23333333
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What year was the pica first used?
1785
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How many Picas are equal to 3754 in.
22524p
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How many Picas are in a 9x2
648p
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What was the Pica first used as ?
A Measuring System
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Who created the Pica?
Pierre Simon Fournier le Jeune
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How many Picas are equal to 40,502 in?
243012p
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What is the area of a circle with a radius of 6in in Picas?
3958.41p
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A pica is precisely how much of an inch?
0.166044 in.