Convert barleycorn to twip
Selected category: length.
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.
Definition and details for twip:
Twip is used in computer graphics. This unit of distance is equal to 1/1440 inch or about 17.639 micrometers.