[WinMac] Re: fonts

Alex Dearden(pata[at]tampabay.rr.com)
Wed, 30 Sep 1998 09:01:38 -0400

>Does anyone know why, for example, 12-point type displays much larger on a
>Windows monitor than it does on a Mac monitor -- but both print out at the
>same size? (Resolutions of the monitors have rough parity, so that's not the
>problem.) I notice this mostly when using Microsoft Outlook between
>platforms.

resolutiona ARE different. PCs 17" screens have a "native" resoltion of
800x600 while the Mac has 832x624. But that's not the problem. Problem is
that PCs display fonts at 96 dpi on a monitor while Macs use what
everyone else on the planet uses 72 dpi!!

This is especially noticeable on a 14" crappy monitor...

Alex Dearden
pata@doglover.com

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