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| Started by | Michael Joel <no@please.com> |
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| First post | 2011-12-22 21:45 -0500 |
| Last post | 2011-12-23 14:16 +0000 |
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width measurements? Michael Joel <no@please.com> - 2011-12-22 21:45 -0500
Re: width measurements? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-23 03:14 +0000
Re: width measurements? houghi <houghi@houghi.org.invalid> - 2011-12-23 19:27 +0100
Re: width measurements? Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2011-12-23 09:23 +0100
Re: width measurements? Michael Joel <no@please.com> - 2011-12-23 10:30 -0500
Re: width measurements? "Álvaro G. Vicario" <alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX@demogracia.com.invalid> - 2011-12-23 10:44 +0100
Re: width measurements? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-23 13:47 +0000
Re: width measurements? Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2011-12-23 14:16 +0000
| From | Michael Joel <no@please.com> |
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| Date | 2011-12-22 21:45 -0500 |
| Subject | width measurements? |
| Message-ID | <foq7f79cjjkv6tcvf5ateup0tphgjupfib@4ax.com> |
em is font height. ex is x height. Is there anything for width of fonts? Thanks Mike
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| From | The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> |
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| Date | 2011-12-23 03:14 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <jd0rni$f9d$1@news.albasani.net> |
| In reply to | #4130 |
Michael Joel wrote: > em is font height. ex is x height. > Is there anything for width of fonts? > > Thanks > Mike No, not that I have found. The way I have played this is to uses a class style, and then using at least three platforms - usually a Mac, Linux and Windoze virtual machine, selectively select fonts and order them to get as near as possible the right and similar appearances..knowing that the user can in any case bugger around with zoom factors and override style defined fonts.. ..but at least get to the point where your web page looks MORE OR LESS similar on all platforms with the default fonts that MOST people will have on those platforms, and the smart arses who override the 'operating system defaults' will know enough to un override it to get the pahe looking OK agian, and if not sod em. If you want really accurate fonts, download a PDF with embedded fonts in it, or render the text into a bitmap..and teh devil take the hindmost. HTML is NOT a precise page description language, its a text markup language. Go with the flow..
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| From | houghi <houghi@houghi.org.invalid> |
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| Date | 2011-12-23 19:27 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <slrnjf9i0d.1un.houghi@penne.houghi> |
| In reply to | #4131 |
The Natural Philosopher wrote: > If you want really accurate fonts, download a PDF with embedded fonts in > it, or render the text into a bitmap..and teh devil take the hindmost. http://code.google.com/p/pcdtr/ and a test on http://pcdtr.joaomak.net/example_1.9/ Advantage is that it does not require the font to be installed on the remote machine. Disadvantage might be the load on the server. Ideal for headlines. Used it in the past and it works just nice. houghi -- This is written under the inluence of the following: > Artist : The Phantom Of The Opera > Song : Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again > Album : The Phantom Of The Opera
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| From | Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> |
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| Date | 2011-12-23 09:23 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <jd1dpk$d80$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #4130 |
Am 2011-12-23 03:45, Michael Joel meinte: > em is font height. ex is x height. > Is there anything for width of fonts? Are you sure you wanted to post this in a PHP newsgroup? Gregor
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| From | Michael Joel <no@please.com> |
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| Date | 2011-12-23 10:30 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <5i79f71gva9t9qgrikg1thib3af4e8bj2d@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #4132 |
On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:23:16 +0100, Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> wrote: >Am 2011-12-23 03:45, Michael Joel meinte: >> em is font height. ex is x height. >> Is there anything for width of fonts? > >Are you sure you wanted to post this in a PHP newsgroup? > >Gregor No actually. I do not know why I posted to this group?! Obviously not thinking. Sorry... Thanks for the answer that were provided though... Mike
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| From | "Álvaro G. Vicario" <alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX@demogracia.com.invalid> |
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| Date | 2011-12-23 10:44 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <jd1ih1$2cq$2@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #4130 |
El 23/12/2011 3:45, Michael Joel escribió/wrote: > em is font height. ex is x height. > Is there anything for width of fonts? I guess this was for a CSS group. Whatever, I had always believed that "em" means "the _width_ of letter M": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Em_(typography) -- -- http://alvaro.es - Álvaro G. Vicario - Burgos, Spain -- Mi sitio sobre programación web: http://borrame.com -- Mi web de humor satinado: http://www.demogracia.com --
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| From | The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> |
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| Date | 2011-12-23 13:47 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <jd20pv$kdr$1@news.albasani.net> |
| In reply to | #4134 |
Álvaro G. Vicario wrote: > El 23/12/2011 3:45, Michael Joel escribió/wrote: >> em is font height. ex is x height. >> Is there anything for width of fonts? > > I guess this was for a CSS group. Whatever, I had always believed that > "em" means "the _width_ of letter M": > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Em_(typography) > > It is but the fonts are fixed aspect ratio..
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| From | Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2011-12-23 14:16 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <4ef48d54$0$16510$a8266bb1@newsreader.readnews.com> |
| In reply to | #4130 |
On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:45:19 -0500, Michael Joel wrote: > em is font height. ex is x height. > Is there anything for width of fonts? what is your php code, what do you expect it to do, what do you think it does wrong? Rgds Denis McMahon
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