favorini-francis@CS.YALE.EDU (Francis Favorini) (12/08/90)
I've been wondering for a while whether or not the is any current provision (or future one) in Mac system software for monitors with pixel densities other than 72 dots per inch. I.e. if I get a monitor (e.g. Sony 1304 13") which supports 1024 X 768 in addition to 640 X 480, can I use the hi-res mode. And if so, will all my windows/graphics be shrunken proportionally to the increase in resolution (pixel density). As fas as I know, there is no provision for such varied densities. There are monitors (including the new 12" jobs from Apple) with slightly worse or better resolutions (~64-80? dpi), but I am assuming no attempt is made to rescale fonts and such by system or add-on software. Is this true? Anyhow, the point is, it seems like an important and not terribly complicated problem to be solved. We don't want to be stuck with 72 dpi forever. Even the NeXT's have 90 dpi monitors.;-) Anyone at Apple or a hacker who has some real info on this care to clue me in? Just curious. -- ______________________________________________________________________________ Francis Favorini favorini@cs.yale.edu favorini@yalecs.bitnet ...!yale!favorini