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Posted by Cerebral Believer on 11/23/62 11:43
"Carolyn Marenger" <cajunk@marenger.com> wrote in message
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> Cerebral Believer wrote:
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>> "Toby Inkster" <usenet200603@tobyinkster.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:17qgf3-489.ln1@ophelia.g5n.co.uk...
>>> Cerebral Believer wrote:
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>> Do you know any point to pixel convertors?
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> Points are a unit of measure commonly used in the print industry. If I
> remember correctly, 72 points equals one inch.
>
> Pixels have to do with screen resolution, and their size varies monitor to
> monitor. I seem to remember calibrating my monitor a few years ago and
> having a pixel height and width of 1/83rd and 1/87th of an inch. That was
> at 1024x768 resolution resolution, with the picture stretched to the edges
> of my monitor. I now view at 1280x1024 on each of my two monitors, so my
> pixels have shrunk by about 20%. On the other hand, I do occasionally
> change my resolution to 800x600 just so I can view a site in a much
> smaller
> viewport. At that point, my pixel size is about 20% larger.
>
> In other words, converting point to pixels is about as easy as going for a
> fifteen kilogram drive. You may be able to figure out the measurements
> specific to your monitor and create the formula for your specific
> situation, but it will only be a very rough guide for the rest of us.
Carolyn,
Thanks once again, I think I'll look into expressing font sizes as
percentages for now, although I am still using points for text that I don't
want the user to have sizing control.
Regards,
C.B.
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