Schaff Piano price list

[Barbara Richmond]

I read what Mr. Bill wrote and I still don't understand any of it.  I use
Outlook Express and have never changed any settings (that I know of) since I
got the computer.  I looked under <view> and found text size--medium is
selected.  Is that the problem?  The only teeny print I recall getting is
from Mr. Bill when he is replying to one of my posts, or posts from Jon
Page.

I always know your posts, John, because they are in rich text, bold Ariel 
12pt,
although your signature is New Times Roman, 12pt--which shows up
smaller than the Ariel 12pt. Does changing to plain text (as I have) help?
Is this showing up as teeny print?

Barbara Richmond

----- Original Message ----- 
From: John Ross
To: Pianotech List
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 8:48 PM
Subject: Re: Schaff Piano price list


Thanks Bill.
I am set for 1024X768, on a 17" LCD.
On the message you sent, your text appeared to be the same size as mine.
But, the Mr. Bill, at the end was 1/2 that size or less.
I only notice it, with yours, and I think, Barbara Richmond's. I thought,
possibly, it was something other than Outlook Express, being used.
Anyway, thanks again, for trying to educate me.
Best regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: william ballard
To: Pianotech List
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: Schaff Piano price list


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