Re: Discrepency in sizing between Abiword and other programs

Tommy C. Li wrote:
> This picture explains all:
>
> http://impulsestorm.com/downloads/why.png
>
> Basically, pages, including the text on them, look smaller on Abiword at
> 100% zoom than on every other program on my computer. In fact, it's not
> just non-conformist, it's plain incorrect. Times New Roman at 12pt on a
> 96dpi display is supposed to look a certain way - and it does on all
> programs - except on Abiword.
>
> Can anyone explain this behavior and perhaps how to correct it?

AbiWord ignores your global dpi setting and always uses 72. This bug is
filed as Bug 8351 in Bugzilla
(http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8351).
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Received on Thu Jun 30 09:01:48 2005