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Avery avery1 at houston.rr.com
Fri Apr 7 18:58:57 MDT 2006


Bill,

I have a new computer and have no idea how mine is set in regard to 
how others see it.
Is it OK. Just curious.

Avery Todd

At 07:10 PM 4/7/2006, you wrote:
>On Apr 6, 2006, at 9:50 PM, John Ross wrote:
>>I asked that question, a few days back. I got no answer, so I 
>>figured it was just me. :-(
>
>You deserve a better answer. It has to do with the screen resolution 
>an individual has chosen, and what font size is comfortably readable 
>on the screen. I have a 17" 1280x1024 LCD monitor, and with my 
>resolution set at the nominal size, a lower case letter at 10pt is 
>~2mm higher (7 pixels). Reset my resolution for 640x480, and the 
>presentation of that same letter has doubled in size. So if a person 
>who has their own reasons for setting monitor resolution at 640x480 
>(or something less than their monitor's nominal size), their 10pt 
>character may be perfectly readable to them, being roughly the same 
>size and readability as someone else's 12 pt at nominal resolution. 
>But their emails sent out at 10pt may seem like the fine print at 
>the end of a legal contract, when viewed by someone with a monitor 
>at nominal resolution.
>
>Personally, I like 1280x1024, still grieving as I am for a 21" CRT 
>which bit the dust in Fall of '04. That's a big enough desktop for 
>me to spread all my papers around on, and still make out 10pt type 
>easily. The people who set their resolution at lower than nominal 
>are easy to spot.
>
>Unless of course, there's a 'bot somewhere out on the net which 
>knocks the point size of every passing email down by two points.
>
>Mr. Bill
>
>
>
>
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