RE: FN-FORUM Number of pixels per square inch

date posted 17th May 2000 19:12

Tony Crockford wrote on 17/5/00 7:11 am

>Pixels per square inch is dependant on the reproducing technology.
>
>A monitor screen on a PC is 96dpi and on a Mac 72dpi

yeeeess kind of. That's only the reference resolution though. Remember
that with multi-sync monitors, you may get different numbers of
pixels in a real inch.

Also, remember that 72dpi is the canonical standard which MS chose to
ignore.
Where have I heard that before..?

Cheers
Martin