Sent by Tonico Strasser on 30 November 2003 18:06
Felix Miata wrote:
> Tonico Strasser wrote:
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>
>>I was curious how much ems is 12px.
>
>
> Ems are mostly just a fancy way to say %. If the default is 16px, 12/16
> equals 3/4 equals .75 equals 75% equals .75em.
True for font-size properties.
> Also, because points are DPI dependant, you can't count on 12pt = 16px
> equivalence even in IE6. Windoze in display properties calls 96 DPI
> "small fonts", and people who want larger system fonts can choose "large
> fonts" (125%=120DPI), or "other" (75%=72DPI, 150%=144DPI, 200%=192DPI or
> "custom"). When "large fonts" is selected, 12pt becomes a IE6 20px
> default. When 200% is chosen, something appropriate for display
> resolutions of 1600x1200 and higher, 12pt becomes a 24px IE6 default.
As just mentoined in another reply, I can/must live with that :)
Tonico
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