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Old 10-22-2008, 11:38 AM   #5
Russic
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Originally Posted by Nancy View Post
For starters:

- When you specify a font size in word, you are specifying a printed font size, not a screen font size.

- For a browser to accurately render a font as a point size, it would need to accurately know the metrics of the physical display monitor, which may not always be the case. e.g. You have a 19" monitor but it assumes you have a 15" monitor because you don't have the proper driver for your monitor.
Thank you very much! I assumed it was something along these lines but I didn't understand fully.
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