Thomas Worthington wrote:
In fact, that's a Postscript point, chosen by Adobe for no obvious reason. Typographic points are 72.27 to the inch. Either would do, frankly!
Yes, I know. Anyway the Postscript point has been choosen by every design package as a default unit (they let you change it to standard typographic points if you want it). I'm not sure, but it has to be due to the massive adoption of EPS format in vector illustration and page layout programs (before PDF)
I'm not sure how it's implemented in SVG, but it more likely would be using 72 dpi as standard resolution so the typographic point matches to the screen points. But that has to be a reference only because resolution may vary.
The resolution of my screen here is about 92dpi.
Yes, and mine is 106dpi. Scribus has a nice method to show the artwork in "real size" calculating the monitor resolution. Anyway, it shouln't have impact in type size. 1/72 inches is a real world DTP point, and that's what a designer will expect in the print output, despite the screen resolution.
Regards, Gez