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Old 7th September 2008
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Originally Posted by DrJ View Post
I can't speak about the resolution (dpi) issues, but by definition there are 72 points per inch.
From what i read, long time ago 72 dpi was the common printer resolution so apple (and maybe others?) set the display o/p to 72 dpi to match it (wysiwyg).

for example, the pixel density for a monitor with 19" viewable area & 1440x900 would be = sqrt(1440^2 + 900^2)/19 pixels/inch = ~90 dpi
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