On 2009/03/17 11:19 (GMT+1300) Richard Mason composed: > On Mon, 16 Mar 2009, Cheryl D Wise wrote
>> However, Firefox does >>not recognize the 120dpi or whatever other settings you choose in your OS >>and will continue to display it as the browser's default point size. > Firefox's default font size is in pixels, not points, so conversion from > points to pixels via screen dpi is not required. > http://www.emdpi.com/fontsize.html This is true. However, those who want their FF fonts to match IE fonts need to adjust their FF size pref to match the px size IE uses for the actually configured DPI. e.g. @120 DPI IE's 12pt default is precisely 20px. Those astute enough to change the desktop DPI setting themselves should be competent enough to adjust FF font size prefs. There are open Mozilla bugs dealing with making it easier for the less astute to not be bothered to encounter that difference, such as those whose laptops are OEM set to 120 and don't know anything about DPI or its impact. Related is a request on Linux to have FF inherit its size pref directly from the desktop application pref. -- "The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty." Proverbs 21:5 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
