Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!ucbvax!decwrl!labrea!polya!kaufman From: kaufman@polya.Stanford.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: 72 vs. 95 dpi large screens Message-ID: <3258@polya.Stanford.EDU> Date: 15 Jul 88 16:03:35 GMT References: <5349@eagle.ukc.ac.uk> <5516@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Reply-To: kaufman@polya.Stanford.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman) Organization: Stanford University Lines: 9 I think the attempt to make a physical ruler match a screen ruler, while laudable in theory, is not good (for me, at least) in practice. I don't like putting my nose as close to a CRT as I do to a piece of paper. [In particular, paper doesn't usually 'crackle' at me when my nose gets too close]. I am using a 19" monitor with default (640 x 480) resolution. It is only 50 dpi, but I can sit back a comfortable distance and read the text. I expect that my preference is shared by many individuals over the age of 40. Marc Kaufman (kaufman@polya.stanford.edu)