- From: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
- Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 10:02:50 -0500
- To: Mikko Rantalainen <mira@cc.jyu.fi>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
> Also, one could argue that a point (pt) is a point. Postscript > defines one point as 1/72th of an inch. If somebody requests 12pt > font for the page and the visitor is using jumbotron or front > projection screen, should the text *really* be rendered with the > size of 12/72th of an inch Per my reading of the CSS specification, yes. That's why it's called an absolute unit (while em, px, ex are called relative units). > How about if the page is viewed with hypothetical laptop > with a 13" screen with the pixel count of 3000x2000 pixels. That's why px units are resolution-dependent. Boris -- If you put garbage in a computer nothing comes out but garbage. But this garbage, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled and none dare criticize it.
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