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Why 1 px = 0,0353 cm ... i thought that 1px = 0,26 cm .

Can i change it in Adobe Illustrator?

Or can someone explain why is like this?

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Doug A Roberts

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A pixel in Illustrator is a unit equivalent to a point. A point is 1/72 of an inch, or 0.353 cm.

A pixel would be 0.26 cm at 96 PPI. This may be the case in other software that uses pixels as fixed measurements.

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