Re: IS: Script Editor Styles Format Change Script -- WAS: Re: String to list conversion
Re: IS: Script Editor Styles Format Change Script -- WAS: Re: String to list conversion
- Subject: Re: IS: Script Editor Styles Format Change Script -- WAS: Re: String to list conversion
- From: steve harley <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:26:54 -0600
on 14 Sep 2004, at 9:54 PM, Paul Berkowitz wrote:
Go to <http://www.microsoft.com/mac/>, and download and apply the
Office
10.1.4 and 10.1.5 Updaters. That should help somewhat. To really get a
grip
on text sizes, you should upgrade to Office 2004, where you can set
HTML
pointy sizes precisely and get that size sent in exact pixels.
"exact pixels" is a poor choice -- i have a high ppi display, and
though my eyesight is good, i would prefer not to have to keep hitting
the Bigger (or Smaller) button, especially when users are going to mix
type sizes within the same message
and later:
No. Pixels seem to be pixels (the same physical size) on all screens.
that's incorrect.. pixel pitch is extremely variable depending on the
display and the resolution settings.. the original Apple standard (now
basically obsolete) assumed 72 ppi, wherein one pixel equals one point,
but my display, for example, is 110 ppi.. if you send me some "9 pixel"
type (as people sometimes do), that will be less than 6 points on my
screen.. several Apple displays are over 100 ppi these days, and there
are many who run their CRT displays at well under 72 ppi.. factor in
variation in distances from people's eyes to their displays, and i
think typical variation in "effective size" of a pixel (the angle a
pixel subtends in the field of view) is probably at least 300 or 400%..
that's why people value the option to specify a default text size for
their own display
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