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Re: Screen Resolution Poll
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lugnet.publish
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Mon, 21 Aug 2000 14:15:52 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm(avoidspam).org
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Tim Courtney <tim@zacktron.com> wrote:
> :) You'll have to explain a little more to me about resolutions and pixel
> shapes when I'm out at Gordon. I'd like square pixels too :)
Simple. Monitors are approximately 4x3, so the resolutions should be too.
Otherwise, bitmapped pictures get stretched or squished -- in the case of
1280x1024, squished by about 7%.
> Yep. On pages without sidebar links and such, I always use <blockquote> for
> articles and large amounts of text - because pages need margins. Having
> teeny margins and huge lines of text is rather taxing on the eyes and on the
> brain.
CSS provides a great way to do this -- it has both margins and a 'width'
property.
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
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Boston University Linux ---> http://linux.bu.edu/
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