Re: Determining the font characteristics of any web page?


"Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Peter Olcott wrote:
"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

It will do whatever the browser does, the browser must ultimately determine a
point size, so by whatever means the browser uses, I must also use.

You are missing BTS's point. What the ultimate font size depends on user
settings so *my* browser may display the same page differently that BTS's and
differently from yours! So when your say "It will do whatever the browser
does" who's browser?


All the I need it the point size that the browser the user is using determines.
It okay is this is not the same on any other browser as long as it is this same
as the specific browser that the user is using.

Points are still for printing.

BTS is also correct here, *points* are a measurement for outputting to a
printer not a display! The units pt, cm, in reality do not work for displays
because all depend on the monitor settings.


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Jonathan
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