on 6/29/2002 4:31 PM, Thomas England at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A couple of earlier comments prompt me to divert this discussion just for a > bit in the hopes that somebody can clear up my confusion over this matter of > varying resolutions between Macs & lesser machines. > > Since I accept these statements to be true: > > "The resolution of fonts is different on the Mac and PC. That's why so many > HTML or rich-text messages, as sent by Window users, look so tiny on our > Macs" > "The problem is the definition of resolution. Windows defaults to a > resolution of 96 DPI, as opposed to 72 DPI." > > ....then why is it that the prevailing wisdom has always been that images > which are destined for use on the computer screen should be saved at 72 dpi? > Why shouldn't one use 96 dpi, since it is more prevalent and presumably more > demanding?
72 DPI is the standard that most print and typography shops use, and it is kind of hard to overcome a couple hundred years of inertia, even if it is Microsoft who is trying to do the changing... -- Glenn L. Austin <>< Computer Wizard and Race Car Driver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.austin-home.com/glenn/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
