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On 07/22/07 00:18, Russell L. Harris wrote:
> * Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070722 00:07]:
>> On Sat, Jul 21, 2007 at 11:54:34PM -0500, Russell L. Harris wrote:
>>
>>> Again, the issue is with the font size in printed output.
>> Um, oops.  I missed that.
>>
>> That's harder.  PDF is designed to print an exact image, not to be
>> user-adjustable. I think if you're going to use Portable Document Format
>> you'd basically have to create each document with double-sized fonts.
> 
> I understand.  But allow me to set aside the matter of PDF and inquire
> regarding HTML, inasmuch as I am creating (using HeVeA) a HTML version
> of each PDF document.
> 
> When I click the PRINT button on the browser to print out a copy of a
> web page, the font size in the printed version remains the same,
> irrespective of the TEXT SIZE or ZOOM selection which I have made with
> the browser.  
> 
> And some web pages print with a very small font, while others print
> with a rather large font.
> 
> At least, this is the case with the browsers I personally have used.
> 
> So I would like to know what mechanism controls the font size when
> printing an HTML page.

The web browser.  It prints from the original rendering, not from
the expanded view.

It's wrong and it's stupid, and I wish it were not so.  But it is.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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