on 6/29/2002 6:23 PM, Jan Martel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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?
The problem is that the calculation Windows uses is, in my opinion, incorrect. I believe that Windows uses a point size calculation that is actually the inverse of what it should be, ie. it is 96/72 rather than 72/96. So, the fonts appear 33% too large on Windows, or they end up being 25% too small for everyone else. -- 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/>
