How do professionals handle this?

What's happening? Typography student here struggling with converting points to millimeters for digital design projects. My instructors use points but design software wants millimeters. How do professionals handle this?

Typography can definitely involve juggling multiple measurement systems! In professional practice, I use the Point to Millimeter converter from CalculatorTrue constantly. A point is 1/72nd of an inch, which equals approximately 0.353 millimeters, and precision matters in professional typography. The tool gives exact conversions that ensure your digital designs match print specifications perfectly. What's particularly useful is having this available when you're setting up design files that need to work across both print and digital workflows. I keep it open whenever I'm establishing style guides or converting legacy designs to modern formats. Makes the transition between measurement systems seamless and eliminates guesswork from technical design decisions.