On 2007/08/04 17:59 (GMT+0100) Nick Fitzsimons apparently typed: > On 4 Aug 2007, at 17:08:37, Gunlaug Sørtun wrote:
>> Just to check since there may also be another, so far pretty >> undocumented, variable at play here: >> - does anyone know if this 'minimum font size' value changes/differs >> with screen-DPI in Opera? >> It is a bit problematic if a browser has undocumented >> defaults/behaviors, as we cannot test based on knowledge then and the >> guessing game is no fun. >> On the other hand: such deviations shouldn't create any real >> problems if >> the methods we use take the potential variables into account, and >> browser-options aren't bugs designers should try to counter. > On the standard 96dpi XP Pro, Opera has configured itself with: > default font size 16px > minimum font size 9px. > Another Parallels virtual machine later: XP Pro SP2, never been used > except for first boot, set to 120dpi, reboot to apply settings, > install Opera 9.22. Result: > default font size 20px <--------- AHAH! An obvious attempt to match IE, which though still 12pt, at 120 DPI is 20px rather than 96 DPI's 16px. > minimum font size 9px. DPI has virtually no effect on Opera under the Linux sample environments I tried with initially void ~/.opera directories: Opera 9.22 SUSE Linux Opera Opera Opera Opera Opera Firefox Desktop KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE 2.0.0.5 horizontal 1024 1280 1400 1600 1600 all vertical 768 960 1050 1200 1200 all DPI 84 96 108 120 120 all XFT.dpi - - - - 144 all Type Font Size Size Size Size Size Size email compose Courier New 12 12 12 12 12 email display Courier New 13 13 13 13 13 browser menus Arial 12 12 14 15 15 CSS Menu browser toolbars Arial 12 12 14 15 15 CSS Menu browser dialogs Arial 12 12 14 15 15 CSS Menu browser panels Arial 12 12 14 15 15 CSS Menu web page normal text Times New Roman 16 16 16 16 16 16 web page PRE Courier New 16 16 16 16 16 text field multi line Courier New 12 12 12 12 12 text field single line Arial 12 12 12 12 12 form buttons Arial 12 12 12 12 12 font family serif Times New Roman - - - - - font family sans-serif Arial - - - - - font family cursive Impact - - - - - font family fantasy Comic Sans MS - - - - - font family monospace Courier New - - - - - 12 web page <H1> Times New Roman 32 32 32 32 32 web page <H2> Times New Roman 24 24 24 24 24 web page <H3> Times New Roman 18 18 18 18 18 web page <H4> Times New Roman 16 16 16 16 16 web page <H5> Times New Roman 13 13 13 13 13 web page <H5> Times New Roman 12 12 12 12 12 minimum 9px 9px 9px 9px 9px none -- " It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible." George Washington Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
