On 2007/05/25 15:24 (GMT+0800) Nick Cowie apparently typed: > 1em = 100% = 16px = 16pt (yes 1px = 1pt for the screen) in all PC based > browsers since 2000
This statement would be technically incorrect even if sic s/16pt/12pt/. s/16pt/12pt/ because the majority of systems are running a nominal DPI/PPI of 96, which because points are 72 DPI real, means there is 1.333px per pt nominal. Another reason it's incorrect is that not all modern browsers use the common 16px/12pt default. http://archivist.incutio.com/viewlist/css-discuss/68515 The third reason follows. > unless changed by the user or PC manufacturer (this is > becoming a little more common with laptops having twice the pixels per inch > or cm that desktop screens). While it is true that it is becoming more common, it's been doing so long enough that it is already very common, particularly since laptops have been outselling desktops for several years. The higher resolution laptops tend to have windoz set to 120 DPI instead of 96 DPI, with the result that their 12pt defaults are all 20px instead of 16px. The ones that don't use the 120 setting tend to not sell very well because so many people see everything is too tiny otherwise compared to the systems they're familiar with. -- "The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day." Proverbs 4:18 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
