Glenn Miller wrote:
>
> On 17 Mar 2002, Neil M. was seen to have posted this wee note into
> netscape.public.mozilla.general, to which I have responded as follows:
>
> > <font size=1> comes to mind. You can see it just fine in windows, but
> > if you use any other operating system you can't read it. People who
> > only use windows boxes don't see the problem, but mac and unix users
> > sure do (or did, there are ways to fix it now)
>
> The font size is relative to the font size that you specify in your
> preferences.
>
> I cannot remember a time when this was not a user-defined aspect of Mozilla
> 4.x Presumably the same exists for Mozilla 5 but I haven't looked it out.
>
> Glenn Miller
>
> --
> "What some people have against Open Source Software is what Fundamentalist
> Christians or Moslems have against Knowledge."
But see what people don't get is that Mac uses a 72dpi system for fonts
and Graphics.
While PC only folks use 96dpi.
A font set to be viewed as 10 pt on the PC ends up showing as 6 point on
the Mac.
I've read in post here instead of using relative sizes 1,2,3 actually
declaring the font size =12 pt. Would show as 12 point on the PC and 12
point on the Mac.
I've also read that (In Macworld - I agree you may not consider it
objective since its Mac centric, where PCWorld is PC centric - a web
page designer writing a column noted if desigers would declare height
and width as percentages (as opposed to hard numbers) pages would show
up equally the same on a Mac or a PC. If they are based on hard numbers
then either one platform or the other will end up having to scroll from
side to side. or the page will not be filled out
So depending upon your platform, the size monitor you have, and how you
have the monitor setup 640x480, 800 x 600, or 1024 x 768 your page will
not show up the same.
^^^
And the goal for a web page is fill out the same proportions of the
screen and fonts be the same size relative to screen size (12 point
would naturally be larger on a 22" monitor than a 14" monitor). So that
everyone can have the same web experience.
(not everyone Drives a Ford some drive chevrolet's or BMW's, But the
stering wheel is on the same side -depending upon the country).
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