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Picas are units of measurement used by printers to measure the vertical and horizontal areas of the printed area. There are approximately 6 picas per inch.


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A pica is a tool for measuring in units.  I've used a pica ruler to measure the lenght of articles when preparing a newspaper for publication.  Of course a simple ruler can be used, but normally, newspaper production teams used the pica measurement system.  I've provided an image at the following website: www.genesisartsupplies.com/alvin/images/1098.jpg and an indepth definition at this website www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_(unit_of_measure)


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