72 dpi, or really pixels per inch, was the resolution that early Macintosh systems with fixed resolution displays used because it matched the print industry type measurements of picas and points. In print there are 6 picas in an inch and 12 points in a pica, so 72 points per inch. Since the Macintosh was primarily targetting print workflow, it made sense that the pixels on the screen should match the common unit of measure.
With Windows though, MS decided that it was better to have more pixels to draw the fonts with than too few so they went with 96 pixels. Because of this, type that is set as 12 point on Windows would print larger than the same 12 point type on the Macintosh. To make images of a certain inch measurement match the the layout size, it became common to set the pixel density to 96 on Windows, so that since an inch of type was 96 points, an inch of image was the same. However, it's really unnecessary now in the way images and measurements are handled. If the image looks fine at 72 dpi, then I'd say save yourself a few K and go with it. I do. -Kevin On 8/23/05, Paul Ihrig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hey guys > what do you use for default image resolution? > > i was always under the assumption that 72 dpi was standard web > resolution for screen. > > now i have seen 96 dpi poping up regularly. > > any reason for this? > thanks > -paul > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:170745 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
