Re: [Inkscape-user] printing from inkscape not the expected size
Jon Cruz wrote:
On Jan 21, 2010, at 10:12 AM, Linda A. Walsh wrote:
> Ideally, you want the dpi set to the dpi of your screen (whatever
> your screen resolution is, divided by #inches of your screen) for displaying
> things on your screen -- but printers usually use alot higher (like 300 dpi
> is common) resolution for printing.
As just a minor FYI here, I did a follow up on Inkscape's hardcoded DPI.
SVG 1.1 is based on CSS2, not CSS3, and it mentions a 90 DPI reference pixel.
Of course, Inkscape needs to have all the hardcoding removed, and to query the running
*monitors* (note the plural) for their physical size.
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A follow-up to youe follow-up.
An errata was posted in 2001.
http://www.w3.org/Style/css2-updates/REC-CSS2-19980512-errata.html
Section 4.3.2 Lengths
[2001-08-28] The suggested reference pixel is based on a 96 dpi device, not 90 dpi. The
visual angle is thus about 0.0213 degrees instead of 0.0227, and a pixel at arm's
length is about 0.26 mm instead of 0.28
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I really had never heard of the 90dpi number, but CSS was just a TLA-buzzword to me
before 2001. Maybe inkscape could update it's references?
(Thanks to LucaDC who found the errata).