Re: dpi / resolution / web pages

From: David Candy (.)
Date: 01/16/05 

Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 18:17:45 +1100

(Resolutionpx / 125dpi) = LogicalInches

MonitorInches/LogicalInches is the ratio of logical inches to physical inches.

Web pages are specified in pixels or logical units (inch, point (72/in), or twips (20/pt)). A lot mix units (fonts in points but other things in pixels).

Likewise a dialog must be designed specially to handle anything else but 96dpi. Typically fonts are in points and measurements in pixels. Only modern designed apps can handle this seemlessly and this is mainly because they are getting ready for high dpi displays. 

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"lee" <lee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E09C08A0-4A64-43B5-A0EB-FC4C327A1E35@microsoft.com...
> hello everyone,
> 
> I'm confused about this subject in general, but here's my concise issue:
> 
> I have chosen to set my Windows XP on the 'large' 125% dpi setting because 
> it seems to make it easier to generally see whatever I'm looking at. I toyed 
> with the font size options but didn't really grasp what specifically was 
> changing, so stayed with the dpi setting mentioned above.
> 
> Now; what specifically should my increased dpi (resolution?) setting have an 
> effect on? Everything I view in XP? I'm not convinced that some Mozilla 
> software is playing by the same rules, for example.
> 
> This brings me to a web authoring conundrum:
> 
> Am I right in thinking that the fonts and sizes in a correctly coded / 
> css'ed website should _always_ appear the same in any browser, regardless of 
> the end user's dpi setting(s)? ie the website should 'force through' a 
> consistent size etc.
> (I'm assuming here that the end user has set /left their browser to allow 
> the web page to dictate such things. I'm also not talking about slight 
> cross-browser compatibility rendering issues.)
> 
> I hope you can clarify these matters for me, as I can then decide how best 
> to code my web pages. You can appreciate I'm currently going round in circles 
> to a large extent.
> 
> Many thanks,
> Lee
> England
>

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