Because 72 dpi is what most monitors really display. The Windows adjustment applies only to text, not images. The issue is more involved than has been discussed here, and some of the comments posted are basically incorrect.
In summary, Windows does not display fonts at the correct sizes, but makes them somewhat larger than specified. Macintosh will display them at the specified size. Hence, pages designed for Windows will have the text appear smaller on a Macintosh, unless you use Internet Explorer, which has an option (the default) to apply the same scaling as Windows does. -- Eric Hildum > From: Thomas England <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 19:31:02 -0400 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Is it safe yet (For images) > > ....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? -- 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/>
