[thelist] A pixel is not a pixel

[Joe Crawford]

Peter-Paul Koch wrote:
> If a pixel is defined as 1/90th of an inch and an inch contains either 72 or
> 96 pixels (depending on the OS), somewhere something must be terribly wrong.
> These two definitions simply don't go together, only one of them can be
> true.
> 
> Sorry, but I still believe the Op5Mac behaviour is a bug.

Yes, but given the displays coming down the pipeline
<http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2000nov/gee20001110002855.htm> - our use
of pixels to define font sizes is an evolutionary dead end.

Everybody's right, and everybody's screwed! :-)

Gotta love web development for the way technology shifts out from under you.

+1 on "minimum-font-size" as something that's needed Arlen.

    - Joe
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