https://github.com/bod/android-dip-ruler

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https://github.com/bod/android-dip-ruler

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Print it, cut it, give it to your designer!

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bod/android-dip-ruler
• Owner: BoD
• Created: 2015-06-06T14:43:48.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2016-11-19T12:03:23.000Z (about 8 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-12T13:09:43.271Z (about 1 month ago)
• Size: 429 KB
• Stars: 235
• Watchers: 12
• Forks: 23
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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# Android dip Ruler

*« Print it, cut it, give it to your designer! »*

![Android dip Ruler!](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BoD/android-dip-ruler/master/illus.png?2 "Android dip Ruler!")

## What is it?

This is a ruler in the Android "dip" ([Device Independent Pixel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device-independent_pixel)) unit [[1]](https://material.google.com/layout/units-measurements.html#units-measurements-density-independent-pixels-dp).

You can print it, cut it and give it to your designer.

## Links

- [US Letter pdf](https://github.com/BoD/android-dip-ruler/releases/download/v1.1.0/android_dip_ruler-1.1.0-usletter.pdf) ([source](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BoD/android-dip-ruler/master/android_dip_ruler-usletter.svg))

- [A4 pdf](https://github.com/BoD/android-dip-ruler/releases/download/v1.1.0/android_dip_ruler-1.1.0-a4.pdf) ([source](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BoD/android-dip-ruler/master/android_dip_ruler-a4.svg))

## Why?

I've found that the concept of dp is not that easy to explain / understand.

Designers are used to think in pixels (especially if they also work on iOS projects).

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, and so this ruler will make it immediately obvious that

### the dp is a [physical unit of length](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Length#Units).

Some essential information is also present on the ruler:

- Definition of a dp

- List of Android logical densities (*ldpi*, *mdpi*, etc.) with their properties

And of course it can also be actually used to measure things (screens…) since it **is** a ruler :)

## Miscellaneous

- Made with Inkscape

- Available in A4 and US Letter

- The ruler is rotated in the page to reduce the risk of being larger than the printable area

- When printing, make sure to **not** scale the page (or force it to scale at 100%), to preserve exact sizes

[![Android Arsenal](https://img.shields.io/badge/Android%20Arsenal-android--dip--ruler-green.svg?style=flat)](https://android-arsenal.com/details/1/1944)

## License


Android dip Ruler by Benoit 'BoD' Lubek is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at http://github.com/BoD/android-dip-ruler.