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Q

A quarter of a millimeter — the unit Japanese typography brought into the standard.

One Q is a quarter of a millimeter: 1/40 of a centimeter, the smallest of the absolute units. The name comes from the kyū (級) of Japanese phototypesetting, where type sizes were always counted in quarter millimeters — and it is the only CSS unit spelled with a capital letter.

It is the right choice when a stylesheet composes for the Japanese graphic standard, where body text is 13Q or 16Q by trade convention. Outside it, it serves as certified curiosity: proof that the standard agreed to learn to count like Tokyo.

40Q
1cm
p {
  font-size: 16Q;  /* = 4mm */
}
Live demonstration: 40Q and 1cm — two labels, the same length.