On 2007/03/26 17:13 (GMT-0700) David Hucklesby apparently typed:
> On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:38:44 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I'm trying these with some success:
>> html
>> {
>> font-family:;
>> font-size:100% ;/***for IE****/
>> }
>> body
>> {
>> font-family:;
>> font-size:1em; /***sets font in un-altered browsers to 16px, Times New
>> Roman***/
> Not necessarily. I have "unaltered" IE7 and get a font-size of 20px
> with those rules.
> Reason: The "unaltered" factory setting for a high-definition laptop
> (1440 x 1050) is 120 DPI. IE attempts to make the point size the
> same as at 96 DPI with the extra pixels.
To be clear, all IE versions default not to Xpx, but to 12pt. The M$ factory
default DPI is 96, which translates 12pt to 16px. OEMs (as do users) have
always been free to not retain the default 96 DPI for systems for which they
deem some other DPI more appropriate. With the proliferation of widescreen
laptops, particularly those models above WXGA (1280x800), have come a
widespread (if not predominant) OEM selection of 120 DPI, which translates
12pt to 20px. For some models, 144 DPI is actually more appropriate than
120, and at 144 DPI 12pt (CSS medium) is 24px.
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