On Jan 31, 2008 12:54 AM, Eric Firing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Screens vary. The screen on my laptop has about 130 dpi. Desktop flat > panels will usually have a smaller value than that. For example, an old > "15-inch" flat panel with 1024/768 pixels is actually about 12 inches > wide, so dpi=85. The mpl default 'figure.dpi' of 80 is low; I doubt
And it is not unusual to have a different DPI in the horizontal and vertical directions. In order to support true physical sizes on the screen, we would need to support different dpis in the two directions. JDH ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
