https://github.com/bod/android-dip-ruler
Print it, cut it, give it to your designer!
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 (about 11 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2016-11-19T12:03:23.000Z (over 9 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-11T10:40:55.656Z (over 1 year ago)
- Size: 429 KB
- Stars: 234
- Watchers: 12
- Forks: 23
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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# Android dip Ruler
*« Print it, cut it, give it to your designer! »*
## 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
[](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.