2009/8/11 Dave Sherohman <d...@sherohman.org>: > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:11:04AM +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote: >> Even if points are not precise unit in CSS because of browser and OS >> problems most users can set their DPI in their preferences if it is >> not automatically determined from screen size (unless they are running >> a particularly abhorrent browser + OS combination). >> >> Once you set the DPI properly sites designed in points, mm or em >> should be reasonably readable for you. > > Not really, at least as far as points/mm are concerned[1], assuming that > by "properly" you mean "determined from screen size". > > Setting your browser/OS DPI setting to match the physical DPI of your > display means that 12pt text on the screen will be the same size as 12pt > text on a printed page. However, this does not mean that the text will > be readable if, say, the screen is an HDTV and you're sitting on the far > side of the room.
That's what falls under "proper" setting. Typically you look at the screen from a distance similar to that from which you look at printed paper so the physical DPI is a good starting point for most desktop systems. There is nothing stopping you from setting the DPI smaller or larger to accommodate for different conditions. Unlike sites designed in pixels sites designed in points will obediently resize to match you DPI settings. Thanks Michal ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
