Hi Colin and Terry, thank you both for your pixel coaching. I wasn't aware of all those details. Thanks for jumping in Tiemo
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode- > boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Terry Vogelaar > Gesendet: Dienstag, 3. Mai 2011 07:16 > An: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Betreff: Re: OT: are 72dpi still state of the art for screen design? > > Hi Tiemo, > > I like to supplement to what Colin is saying, that as long as we talk about > screens, there is practically no way to tell how large a pixel is. So you can > fill in whatever measure suits you. On screens, the only 'true' measurement is > pixels. > > Currently I have an external screen attached to my iMac. The built-in one is > 110 ppi (pixels per inch; dpi is only correct for printers), and the other > screen is 86 ppi. Should it recalculate all measurements to compensate that > difference? I don't think so, and neither do the makers of the system > software. So when I drag a window from one monitor to another, I see it > enlarge. > > The OS actually cannot know how large a pixel is on the monitor it is > displaying on. Take LCD projectors for example. I use an 1024 x 768 pixel > setting to project on a screen, but there is no way for the software to know > how large a pixel on the screen is. It might be in a range between 5 and 25 > ppi. > > So, you can follow the old Macintosh convention of 72 ppi, or Windows with its > 96 ppi standard. Both are equally incorrect and irrelevant. Use whatever value > that suits you. The number of pixels per inch only starts to matter when you > print the image. Only then the dimensions of the image become measurable with > a ruler. > > > Terry > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
