Re: how to convert metric to pixels

"Eric Sosman" <esosman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Joshua Cranmer wrote:
Patricia Shanahan wrote:
I'm typing this on a laptop with an external display connected, in
extended desktop mode, and the composition window placed so that it lies
across the boundary between the displays. The two displays have
different characteristics. What is the pixel size for this window?

On most Windows computers, the answer will be 96 dpi: the value is
controlled by a setting in Display Properties->Settings->Advanced, and
very few people actually change it.

The setting has little to do with physical reality. I've
just measured, and on the plain-vanilla monitor I'm using right
this minute, the resolutions are 76.2+ and 71.4+ dpi, horizontally
and vertically (30 dots/cm and 28.1+ dots/cm). Windows calls it
"96 dpi" -- high by one-third -- and ignores orientation.

--
Eric Sosman
esosman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

How did you measure that, Mr Sosman? I used the pixelRuler from Roedy
Green's site, and compared, on screen, to the inch ruler in openoffice.org
writer. My result was 96. Then I marked a paper against the OOO inch ruler,
and then measured that with a physical ruler. All are in agreement.

Russell


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  • Re: how to convert metric to pixels
    ... extended desktop mode, and the composition window placed so that it lies ... What is the pixel size for this window? ... and vertically (30 dots/cm and 28.1+ dots/cm). ...
    (comp.lang.java.help)
  • Re: how to convert metric to pixels
    ... What is the pixel size for this window? ... the answer will be 96 dpi: ... and on the plain-vanilla monitor I'm using right ... and vertically (30 dots/cm and 28.1+ dots/cm). ...
    (comp.lang.java.help)