Hehe. Well, DPI is only useful in combination with a real-world document/graphic measurement (inches), thus you can't have DPI without the I. :)
All that is a bit irrelevant though, since Inkscape will happily take your page size (say A4), and let you type in what DPI you want to export at, and give you a png that's exactly the right dimensions.

This seems to be a major source of confusion for Mr. Broyles, since he's repeatedly pointed to a stack exchange answer (with 2 upvotes) which says dpi is irrelevant, citing that as the irrefutable reason why pngs are 96dpi.

He's presently getting picked apart by other users on G+
-C


On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 8:45 PM Andrea Bogazzi <andreabogazzi79@...400...> wrote:
Just wanted to add the maybe non usefull information, but nice to know, that pngs are weirdly in DOT per METER.
I think they are the only graphic format to do so.
Being the conversion between meter and inch not an integer, you cannot have either 96 or 300 or 600dpi, but some float number in the nearby.

I understand how it does not fit, but i felt like sharing.

Have a nice evening everyone


Il giorno mer 19 set 2018 alle ore 20:54 C R <cajhne@...400...> ha scritto:
He hid my one other response (and therefor I've lost the actual wording.) See previous email.

Yes, he jumped right in and told me to "do my homework", citing his 30 years of experience in reply to my asking him where he found that 96dpi information.
The last bit I assume is in reply to my graphic (which he calls a meme, even though it's a 600dpi a4 mini poster).

My take: If you're going to abuse people whilst citing your 30 years of experience all in the same sentence, then prepare to be made fun of when you're actually wrong. ;)




On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 7:44 PM brynn <brynn@...837...133...> wrote:
Admitedly I have difficulty navigating on G+, it's why I hardly ever visit.  But
I can't find the post in question.  Has it been removed already?

He made all those comments on your one sentence??  I agree, those are
inappropriate responses for anyone (in my opinion) let alone a moderator.   I
see some other comments from the same moderator (in other threads) which seem
aggressive, as well.

I see a "Report Abuse" button.  Did you try that?  Maybe that's why I can't see
it?

Good luck.

All best,
brynn

-----Original Message-----
From: C R
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 10:31 AM
To: inkscape-devel
Subject: [Inkscape-devel] One of the moderators on our Inkscape G+ feed is
blocking comments and slinging insults


imho, they should not be in charge of moderating the Inkscape's g+ feed.

The name of this moderator is Grady Broyles.

They have:

1. Falsely asserted that pngs are lossy. (not good for the project)
2. Falsely asserted that pngs are locked at 96dpi (just plain wrong, esp for
those wanting to print their pngs)
3. Abused their moderator status by blocking arguments proving his statements
incorrect.
4. Engaged in personal attacks.

imho, this person is not fit to moderate the Inkscape G+ feed.

Thanks for your attention to this matter. :)

Here is a screenshot of the above:
https://imgur.com/a/2ToD1VT

This was in response to my comment (which did not fit in the screencapture):
+Grady Broyles I've been exporting pngs from Inkscape at 600dpi A4 for the last
7 years... what on earth makes you think it is locked at 96 dpi?

-C









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