Somebody sometime wrote:

>> "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."

I've always wondered why sometimes the fonts in emails from friends would
seem so tiny. So I was interested in this comment. Then I started to think
about it and got really confused :-). I'd have thought more DPI would make
something smaller, not larger. F'rinstance, when I changed from a PB to my
iBook, everything on the screen looks smaller. I thought that was because
the iBook has "better" resolution, as in more DPI. So why would a font at 96
DPI look larger than one at 72 DPI. I'm sure I'm missing something obvious
here, just not sure what it is. Help?

-- 
Jan Martel in Davis, CA
IBook 500; System 10.1.5, 9.2.2


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