How to convert twips to feet (US survey)
1 twip is equal to 0.00005787025463 feet (US survey), and 1 foot (us survey) is equal to 17,280.03456 twips. To convert, multiply by the conversion factor:
feet (US survey) = twips × 0.00005787025463
feet (US survey) = twips ÷ 17,280.03456Example: convert 15 twip to ft (US): 15 × 0.00005787025463 = 0.0008680538194 ft (US).
Twip to Foot (US Survey) conversion table
| Twip (twip) | Foot (US Survey) (ft (US)) |
|---|---|
| 0.01 twip | 5.787025463 × 10⁻⁷ ft (US) |
| 0.1 twip | 0.000005787025463 ft (US) |
| 1 twip | 0.00005787025463 ft (US) |
| 2 twip | 0.0001157405093 ft (US) |
| 3 twip | 0.0001736107639 ft (US) |
| 5 twip | 0.0002893512731 ft (US) |
| 10 twip | 0.0005787025463 ft (US) |
| 20 twip | 0.001157405093 ft (US) |
| 50 twip | 0.002893512731 ft (US) |
| 100 twip | 0.005787025463 ft (US) |
| 250 twip | 0.01446756366 ft (US) |
| 500 twip | 0.02893512731 ft (US) |
| 1,000 twip | 0.05787025463 ft (US) |
About the twip
A twip is one twentieth of a point, or 1/1440 of an inch (about 17.6 µm). It's used internally by Microsoft Word, RTF files and older Windows APIs.
Symbol: twip · 1 twip = 0.00001763888889 m · Category: Typography
About the foot (us survey)
The US survey foot is exactly 1200/3937 m (about 0.3048006 m), two parts per million longer than the international foot. It was officially retired at the end of 2022 but remains in older land records and state plane coordinates.
Symbol: ft (US) · 1 ft (US) = 0.3048006096 m · Category: US survey units