Re: [css-fonts] Specify that the default "medium" font-size should by 16px?

Le 2014-01-16 17:57, Tab Atkins Jr. a écrit :
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 9:01 PM, Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> 
> wrote:
>> On 2014-01-15 15:57 (GMT-0800) Tab Atkins Jr. composed:

[snipped]

>> I can't imagine many people using 180 DPI displays being pleased
>> with a medium that's only in fact 6.4pt physically. Neither can I 
>> imagine it
>> being workable as long as browsers implement only integer multiples 
>> for
>> device px to CSS px ratios above 1.
> 
> The px unit is independent of the dpi of the device.  16px is always
> equal to 12pt.


Tab,

I do not understand how you can say and why you say that 16px is always 
equal to 12pt, especially if DPI is 180.

Setting the px value (from 16px to, say, 18px) has no impact on the DPI 
setting: I understand that.

As far as I understand this, 16px is equal to 12pt when and only when 
DPI setting is 96.

...Maybe I'm wrong... pixel density per inch (DPI) affects how big or 
small a 16px font size graphem looks.

Just trying to understand..

Gérard

Received on Friday, 17 January 2014 06:30:48 UTC