OT: Setting dpi was [RE: CSS Validators]

Ok, how do you set the dpi for screen rez on a Win98SE OS ?

TIA.

At 01:10 PM 02/03/2000 -0600, David Wagner wrote:

>Well, absolute font sizing tends to have the opposite effect.  Rather than
>looking uniform, you put yourself completely at the mercy of the resolution
>of the user's screen and (usually incorrectly set) dpi.  For example, at
>work I have a nice computer and monitor set at 1600x1200.  It displays 116
>dots per inch (dpi).  However, I only know this and have it set properly
>because I know my way around the system settings; using the default is 96
>dpi your 9pt text would look to me only 7pts in size!  I hope your message
>wasn't too important, 'cause I wouldn't read it!  My notebook has an even
>nicer display: 1024x768, 124dpi.  The default for it (as set up by the
>manufacturer) was 72dpi; it was WAY off.  Further, when your system is set
>wrong, all the absolute measurements (pt, in, cm, mm) are also wrong.


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