Op zaterdag 28-02-2009 om 15:08 uur [tijdzone -0600], schreef Chris
Cheney:
> Pt is point which was defined long before computers came into wide use.
> It was finally officially defined as 1/72 of an inch in 1959 but had
> been in that general range of size since at least the 1700s.
Actually, 1/72
On 2009/02/28 12:38 (GMT+0100) Markus Hitter composed:
> ... with resolution independent rendering,
> ... "px" is just a measurement unit,
> just like "in" or "mm". Once the software gets this, it's perfectly
> fine for web developers to ask for a "12pt" font.
No it won't, because pt, like
On 2009/02/28 13:09 (GMT-0600) Ryan Hayle composed:
> Here is what my 15.4" 1920x1200 screen looks like:
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23230352/Screenshot.png
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23230847/bold%20font.jpg
> I think I have perhaps been persuaded by the argument that the font size
>
On 2009/02/28 19:23 (GMT-0500) Mackenzie Morgan composed:
> On Saturday 28 February 2009 5:12:11 pm Felix Miata wrote:
>> Even if all existing systems had accurate DPI, web designers would still
>> have no more business using pt for sizing web page text than they do px.
>> They should only be usi
Op vrijdag 27-02-2009 om 13:28 uur [tijdzone -0800], schreef Jordan
Mantha:
> Is there going to be *any* indicator that says "you have updates"
> without actually launching a program? I just ran into a little
> confusion as I popped open Synaptic to install something and was faced
> with 139 update
On 2009/02/28 19:21 (GMT+0100) Nicolò Chieffo composed:
> Ok, I understood now.
> Anyway the default look of ubuntu in my screen is really ugly.
You'll have to define "ugly" in detail to get a meaningful response.
> Is it possible to adapt the font to the screen DPI (automatically)?
You'll have
On Saturday 28 February 2009 5:12:11 pm Felix Miata wrote:
> Even if all existing systems had accurate DPI, web designers would still
have
> no more business using pt for sizing web page text than they do px. They
> should only be using em to size text, with the option to size other things
in
> %
On 2009/02/28 15:08 (GMT-0600) Chris Cheney composed:
> Agreed that px should go away entirely in HTML
> ... an abomination that it
> was ever allowed into the HTML specification at all
WRT fonts at least, HTML never had px. All HTML had and has for font sizing
is em, though it isn't cal
On Sat, 2009-02-28 at 12:38 +0100, Markus Hitter wrote:
> This is likely all true, but with resolution independent rendering,
> it no longer applies. In the future, "px" is just a measurement unit,
> just like "in" or "mm". Once the software gets this, it's perfectly
> fine for web developers
On 28/02/09 11:34, Nicolò Chieffo wrote:
> I wanted to do a check. I booted the alpha 5 livecd on 2 laptops:
> a 15.4" with 1280x800
> and my 14.1" with 1440x900
>
> The result is strange, since the 2 laptops render the font in 2 different
> ways.
>
> The first looks really good (and now I've unde
On Saturday 28 February 2009 6:38:04 am Markus Hitter wrote:
> I can understand this is difficult to get swallowed. For 40 (or more)
> years now, the rule was 1 pixel = 1 dot on the screen. A picture,
> 100px x 100px in size used to use exactly 100 x 100 dots on screen.
> Now, this is no long
Ok, I understood now.
Anyway the default look of ubuntu in my screen is really ugly.
Is it possible to adapt the font to the screen DPI (automatically)?
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On 2009/02/28 18:34 (GMT+0100) Nicolò Chieffo composed:
> I wanted to do a check. I booted the alpha 5 livecd on 2 laptops:
> a 15.4" with 1280x800
> and my 14.1" with 1440x900
> The result is strange, since the 2 laptops render the font in 2 different
> ways.
> The first looks really good (and
I wanted to do a check. I booted the alpha 5 livecd on 2 laptops:
a 15.4" with 1280x800
and my 14.1" with 1440x900
The result is strange, since the 2 laptops render the font in 2 different ways.
The first looks really good (and now I've understood why lots of
people here are saying that the defau
The last status is, actually there aren't any plans to integrate the
ideas from this project into the f-u-s-a (I contacted Ted Gould from
Ubuntu Desktop Team directly, even though he finds some ideas
interesting). I respect this decision surely.
This project is completed from my point of view. If
Am 27.02.2009 um 19:29 schrieb Felix Miata:
> On 2009/02/27 10:47 (GMT-0600) Ryan Hayle composed:
>
>> On 27/02/09 10:09, Chris Cheney wrote:
>
>>> Fortunately most web designers are smart enough not to use px for
>>> fonts.
>
> I'm not so sure it's reached 50% yet, particularly for shopping
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