Button

 Button

 A small disk or the like for sewing or otherwise attaching to an article, as of clothing, serving as a fastening when passed through a buttonhole or loop.

• Button is an one of the most used accessories which is attached to garments as functional or decorative purposes.

 Measurement of Button

•  A button's ligne, refers to a button's size. The word ligne, is a French word that became the standard reference used by German button manufacturers in the early eighteenth century. Ligne is the internationally recognized standard for measurement of button.
•  A "ligne" measured the inside diameter of a "round flat."

 Conversion of Ligne

The standardized conversion for a ligne is 2.2558291 mm (1 mm = 0.443296 ligne), and it is abbreviated with the letter L

One ligne is the equivalent 0.0888 inch

 Ligne To Inch Conversion Table

• Ligne      20               30                 40
• Inch       1/2“             3/4“              1"

 Relation between Ligne, mm and inches

Ligne                    Millimeter                   Inches

14 L                        9.2                             0.36

20 L                       12.75                          0.492

30 L                       19.0                            0.748

40 L                       25.5                            1.00

Counting of Button

• Button is counted by Gross or great gross (GG)
• 1 gross = 12x12 = 144 pcs
• a unit of quantity equivalent to 12 gross is counted as 1 GG (144x12=1728)