Re: Font size across platform

From: Bill Weylock (bill_at_nospam.net)
Date: 08/04/04 

Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 15:42:00 -0700

Major blush!

Of course.

On 8/4/04 11:09 AM, in article O13bw4keEHA.1604@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl,
"Phillip M. Jones, CE.T." <pjones@kimbanet.com> wrote:

> Bill, you have "bass ackwards" At no time in PC history has a PC ever, ever
> used
> 72dpi. and the reverse is true as well at no time in Mac's history has a Mac
> ever
> used 96dpi.
>
> The formula for figuring what the font size will look like from computer is:
>
> a word written in 12pt type on a PC will look 72/96 (3/4) as large on a Mac.
> So 12
> point type will look like 9 point type on a Mac.
>
> On the other hand the formula for figuring the font size for Mac type on a PC
> is
> 96/72 that 1-1/3 as large. so the same word on a Mac written in 12 pt will
> appear
> 1.33334 as large on a PC roughly 16 point.
>
> And that doesn't begain to explain, the problems. Pc and Mac Draw their fonts
> differently.
>
> Finally Arial was MS crude attempt to come up with an equivent to Helvetica.
> It was poorly done but the PC folk liked it.
>
> Then Apple saw the style Arial and decide to create their on version of Arial
> (more
> realistic) to be platform Compatible. But its not exactly the same.
>
> NOW MS has a version helvetica which doesn't look like Mac's and Mac has it
> version
> of Arial which almost looks like MS version but not quite.
>
> This is 20 years worth of history and until both apple and MS agree to use
> exactly
> the same version (it ain't gonna happen). then there will always be
> differences.
>
> The only way you can get Mac and PC documents to look exactly the same is
> convert
> them to pdf's in which case they are now special types of drawings intead of
> true text.
>
>
> Bill Weylock wrote:
>> You're not imagining this.
>>
>> The Mac displays graphics at 96dpi, while WinTel displays graphics at 72dpi.
>>
>> That's why. Great for detail work on graphics and video, but a pain in
>> the monitor for designing web pages across platforms and for sharing files.
>>
>> I do not know about saving zooms. I'll be interested to read what
>> someone else says about that.
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>>
>> - Bill
>>
>>
>> On 8/4/04 9:22 AM, in article
>> BD36CBC5.5DE9%anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com, "CvT"
>> <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Why do documents when opened in Macintosh are rendered a lot smaller
>>> (visually) than when opened on a PC?
>>>
>>> For example - if an excel document is created using 12pt Times New
>> Roman, it
>>> is perfectly legible when opened on a PC. When done under osx, it is tiny
>>> and so you have to zoom in to view it (to 125-130%). If you save any
>>> changes, then the zoom is saved.
>>>
>>> So what? I am an independent consultant and work in teams that
>> primarily use
>>> PC and there is constant filesharing between team members. It is a real
>>> nuisance when transferring files, especially clients who sometimes reduce
>>> the font rather than zoom out.
>>>
>>> Many thanks and apologies for the multiple group posting - I didn't know
>>> which would be appropriate.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Panther 10.3.4
>> Office 2004
>>
>

Panther 10.3.4
Office 2004

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