- From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:21:01 -0700
- To: Brad Kemper <brkemper@comcast.net>
- CC: Andrew Fedoniouk <news@terrainformatica.com>, www-style Mailing List <www-style@w3.org>
Brad Kemper wrote: > > On Mar 22, 2008, at 10:24 AM, Brad Kemper wrote: > >>> I'd suggest to introduce new length unit - physical pixel >>> >>> - that is "naked" number (without any special unit designator). >> >> That would result in thicknesses that are vastly different when >> printed than they are on screen (about a hundred times smaller in my >> case). As an author, I can't see much use for that. > > I'll rescind this last statement. I can see use for it in a print only > style sheet, in limited circumstances where I know what the dpi of the > device is. But I'd be happier if I could just specify a 1/4 pixel line > for a printer and have it rounded to 19 pixels on a 9600 dpi printer. > I'm not sure if this actually happens in all browsers or not. Fractional 'px' units are allowed. :) I'm not sure whether 0.25px will show up on a 96dpi device, but it should show up on a 9600 dpi printer. ~fantasai
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