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An anchor is a unit of length used in typography, equal to 1/6 of a line or 1/72 of a foot. In typography, a foot is a unit of measurement equal to 12 inches or 0.3048 meters. Therefore, one anchor is equal to 1/72 of a foot, or approximately 0.0042 feet.

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