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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Font size setting inconsistency in kcontrol with DPI > 75 (more info)
From:       Lars Knoll <lars () trolltech ! com>
Date:       2001-01-27 19:28:08
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On Saturday 27 January 2001 20:02, Dirk Mueller wrote:
> On Sam, 27 Jan 2001, Lars Knoll wrote:
> > Point sizes. Higher resolution displays will come up more often in the
> > future, and we don't want to have huge fonts on these.
>
> so you're referring to pixel sizes ?

No, I was referring to point size. Point size is independent of display 
resolution. a 72pt font should always be about 1 inch high, independent of 
the display. a 72px font is 1inch high on a 72 dpi display, but only .6 inch 
high on 120dpi.

Lars

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