From my tests the font size generated by CSS is what one gets with the same point size and font using native apps and Qt - my complaint was the font size when using the Java API.
Tom Von meinem iPhone gesendet > Am 05.03.2014 um 23:03 schrieb Felipe Heidrich <felipe.heidr...@oracle.com>: > > > The problem is that point size used by Node and point size used by CSS are > not the same. > One uses a 72 DPI and the other 96. Thus the final pixel sizes are different. > > I don’t see how to change one or the other without breaking a ton of people. > > Maybe adding a global font DPI so that Node can be made to match CSS ? > > Suggestions ? > > Felipe > >> On Mar 5, 2014, at 12:39 PM, Pedro Duque Vieira >> <pedro.duquevie...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Tom, Jeff, Felipe... >> >> Having bugs stay in to maintain backwards compatibility sounds very weird >> to me IMHO. >> >> If we go down that road aren't we creating a library that will some day >> have too many glitches and as such less appeal to programmers looking for >> UI libraries? >> >> Thanks, >> >> >>> Hi >>>> On Mar 4, 2014, at 4:42 PM, Jeff Martin <j...@reportmill.com> wrote: >>>> Thanks Tom! I assume the thread was this one: >>>> >>>> Font.font() says it is point size but it looks like it are pixels >>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/openjfx-dev/2014-January/012398.html >>>> >>>> I guess the final word is that CSS assumes 1pt==1/92in, >>> Yes >>>> and Nodes convert that to the real world on render? >>> On the printer yes, on the display it assumes 72 (pt=px). >>> >>>> And that this is basically a bug, but it can't be fixed due to legacy >>> considerations? >>> Yes >>> Felipe >> >> >> -- >> Pedro Duque Vieira >
