Re: px,pn,in,cm or ? Or WHAT?
by "Paul Wilson" <webguroo(at)tampabay.rr.com>
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> Hi guys.. I just want to put in a word of caution about using pixels to
> size text.
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> For people (like me) who have their screens set at 1200x1600 resolution,
11
> or 12 pixel text is very tiny and hard to read. If you have the text size
> specified in pixels, there's no way I can adjust my browser to make it
> larger. I'd have to reconfigure my whole monitor resolution, and I hate
to
> do that.
You should be using a 20 inch monitor or bigger in that video mode. If
you're trying this on a 15" or 17" monitor you are abusing your eyes.
Pixels were radically different in size from one browser and computer
platform and the next. This means webpages would look very different. I
could have a picture of a product with very small text next to it for
Mac's/Netscape lets say and Windoz/ I.E. Pixels help us to cover a broader
group of platforms.
Paul Wilson
webguroo(at)tampabay.rr.com
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