- From: Todd Fahrner <fahrner@pobox.com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 10:52:39 -0700
- To: "Daniel Hiester" <alatus@mail.earthlink.net>, <www-style@w3.org>
At 10:45 AM -0700 7/31/00, Daniel Hiester wrote: >Walter said: >"A 72pt font should ALWAYS be 1" (2.54cm) high, whether it's printed on >paper or displayed on a CRT or LCD." > >I have some sort of question about the flip side of this statement... I know >what a point is (I did some journalism in high school) but how does a pixel >translate to printed media? Is it a matter of the printer's resolution? Only in IE3 <g>. Per CSS-1, a pixel is to be scaled to 1/90" when the resolution of the output medium is "significantly" different from that of, well, a display with 90dpi physical resolution. This suggested value has apparently been amended since to 1/96" in committee, making 1px = .75pt for high-res output (e.g., print). It's been a while since I checked, but I think NS4 had been scaling pixels to 1/120" for print. I know that MacIE5 does the right thing, scaling to 1/96". -- Todd Fahrner Web UI Technologist Metrius
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