The correction to non-standard dpi is to specify font sizes in pixels
instead of points.
David
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Kramer, Jack <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The non-standard DPI is (99%) causing your issue – there's not a really good
> way of compensating for nonstandard DPI in web design AFAIK.
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> Jack Kramer
> Computer Systems Specialist
> University Relations, Michigan State University
> 517-884-1231
>
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> From: John Gorentz <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:01:25 -0500
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] C Store makeover
>
> Yes. Dell Optiplex 745, with a Dell 24" monitor. Resolution 1900x1200. I
> have my dpi setting at 125 percent of normal size. (This is with Windows
> XP.)
>
> I need to use large fonts if I'm to work more than an hour a day. That's
> why I often remove html from peoples' e-mail messages before replying. I
> sometimes like to be able to read what they say.
>
> John
>
>
> At 04:49 PM 11/10/2008, David Genord II wrote:
>>John are you on a Dell?
>>David
>>
>>On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Michael Surato <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>>>>> On 11/10/2008 at 4:30 PM, MSU Network Administrators Group
>>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>> At 04:17 PM 11/10/2008, Kim Geiger wrote:
>>>> >Hey, just went shopping and saw the new cstore.msu.edu design. It
>>>> > looks
>>>> nice.
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>>>> >
>>>> >Kim Geiger
>>>> >Information Technologist
>>>> >Broadcasting Services
>>>> >Michigan State University
>>>> >517-432-3120 x 429
>>>>
>>>> The home page has a lot of overlapping text in my firefox 3, and a
>>>> little
>>>> bit of overlapping text with IE6.
>>>>
>>>> The software and hardware pages show icons only and not text. Isn't
>>>> that
>>>> against the accessibility guidelines?
>>>>
>>>> John Gorentz
>>>> W.K. Kellogg Biological Station
>>>>
>>> Interesting. I do not see any overlapping text with Firefox 3.
>>>
>>> The hardware and software pages have alt tags on the images. This
>>> satisfies the accessibility guidelines.
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