Classic Version

Archived here for posterity, here is the original version of The Cartoonist's Calculator as it originally appeared in 2020. I believe the new version is far superior, but because I am not Adobe, I think you have the right to use the old one if that's your preference. Enjoy!

Inch Ruler Visualizer Icon

Inch Ruler Visualizer

Tip: Click red-underlined numbers to visualize them on the ruler. Try this one: 16.4

Equal panel split calculator icon

Equal panel split calculator

Divide up a tier or page into equally-sized sections, taking gutter width into account.

For example, to find the height of four equal-height tiers, on a page 12 inches high, with .25 inch gutters, you would enter: 12, 4, 0.25

Section length:

Resize by Percentage

Resized Width =
Resized Height =
To reverse this operation, scale to xx%

Resize Page

Calculate enlargement or reduction sizes.

New dimensions: 17 x 22 .

The aspect ratio is x

This is a 200% change.

To reverse this operation, scale to xx%

DPI Calculator icon

DPI Calculator (Inches to Pixels)

Calculate the digital dimensions for an image of a certain size.

Input Units:

Pixel dimensions are 4000 x 22000 .

This is a 10 megapixel image.

Print size calculator

Print Size Calculator (Pixels to Inches)

Calculate the sizes a digital image can be reproduced at.

Output units:

At 100 DPI, this image will reproduce at 8.5 in × 11 in .

Live Area Calculator Icon

Live Area Calculator

Calculate the "live area" of a page (page size - margin).

The live area of this page is 10 × 20 .

The aspect ratio of the live area is 1.5

Bleed Area Calculator icon

Bleed Area Calculator

Calculate the size at which to work when drawing full-bleed artwork (page size+bleed area)

The dimensions of the full-bleed artwork are 10 × 20 .

The aspect ratio of the full-bleed artwork is 1.5