logMAR Snellen Metric Decimal

2.0 20/2000 6/600 0.01

1.8 20/1250 6/380 0.016
1.5 20/630 6/190 0.032
1.3 20/400 6/120 (3/60) 0.05
1.2 20/320 6/95 0.063
1.1 20/250 6/75 0.08
1.0 20/200 6/60 0.1
0.9 20/160 6/48 0.125
0.8 20/125 6/38 0.16
0.7 20/100 6/30 0.2
0.6 20/80 6/24 0.25
0.5 20/63 6/19 0.32
0.4 20/50 6/15 0.4
0.3 20/40 6/12 0.5
0.1 20/25 6/7.5 0/6
0.0 20/20 6/6 1.0
 Near visual acuity equivalent-
40 cm
Metric M N J Height Usual type
(mm) text size
6/150 10 80 19 15.00 ½ in. letter
6/75 5 40 18 7.50 Headlines
6/60 4 32 17 6.00 Sub headlines
6/30 2 16 11 3.00 Large print
6/24 1.6 12 9 2.30 Children book
6/15 1 8 6 1.50 Newspaper pr.
6/12 0.8 6 4 1.15 Paperback pr.
6/6 0.4 3 0.58