Yes. Desktop resolution on the Windows box are 96dpi therefore a font that looks great on a Mac would be small on a PC and great on a PC are HUGE on a Mac.
Check out the properties of your display, then click on advanced and in the general tab you will see: Font Size: Small Fonts (drop down) below that is Normal size (96 dpi) -- Ryan Coleman System Administrator LEMLists.com/CobWebPublishing http://www.lemlists.com/ -- This message was sent via the LEMLists.com WebMail service -- ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Gregory Wiest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Mac Webmasters List) Sent: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 17:26:20 +0100 Subject: font-size on windows machines > I recently had a problem with a site where the font-sizes on a > windows machine with 1024 x 768 were illegible. Is there rule of > thumb for font-sizes on windows browsers? > > Greetings, > Gregory Wiest > -- > Americans don't start wars. > > -- > Mac Webmasters is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics has Lasso, Filemaker, and FileMaker Server on Sale! > High Technology for low prices. http://www.smalldog.com > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Mac Webmasters info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macweb.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:mac.webmasters- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription > questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac.webmasters%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com ------- End of Original Message ------- -- Mac Webmasters is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics has Lasso, Filemaker, and FileMaker Server on Sale! High Technology for low prices. http://www.smalldog.com Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac Webmasters info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macweb.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac.webmasters%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
