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Re: font sizes

From: Pascal <abo.pignard@wanadoo.fr>
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 13:37:44 +0100
Message-Id: <FE31AE74-2F62-49F8-99B0-5294CEF4B5C1@wanadoo.fr>
To: www-amaya@w3.org
Hello.

Wouldn't be simpler to add some fonts preferences in Amaya as in  
Safari for instance?





Regards, Pascal.
http://blady.pagesperso-orange.fr

Le 9 déc. 07 à 00:42, ve3ll@cogeco.ca a écrit :

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> An ad hoc test on a WinXP using 800x600 rez on a 15 inch screen	
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> Same quick brown fox sentence measured on big 3 and amaya
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> when type was set for 12 point --->> Amaya was 12% short of the
> length that other three measured out as.....
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> when type was set for 16 pixel ---> Amaya was 8% longer than
> the other three browsers ...
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> .  12pt/16px gave the same lengths on the big three
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> Something is wrong here --- don't know which but it sure makes
> it hard for the designer ....  --
> -- 
> John Russell, VE3LL@COGECO.CA
> http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3ll
> http://home.cogeco.ca/~trains
> http://home.cogeco.ca/~cipher
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