[Laszlo-user] fontsize is px or pt

[David Temkin]

It is points. A given font can be as tall as it wants in pixels, but  
still call itself 12 points. That's how it works. It's possible that  
their docs are referring to "graphical text" where you're stretching  
text to a given pixel size.


On Aug 3, 2007, at 11:54 AM, Benjamin Shine wrote:

> Adobe documentation says both, in various places. Anyone want to  
> measure it, and prove it one way or the other?
>
> http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/action_scripts/ 
> actionscript_dictionary/actionscript_dictionary801.html  says it's  
> points.
>
> http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/ 
> wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Parts&file=00001432.html  indicates  
> that it's pixels.
>
> On Aug 2, 2007, at 6:26 PM, Benjamin Shine wrote:
>
>>
>> Pixels.
>>
>> On Aug 2, 2007, at 8:54 AM, acec acec wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> when I use fontsize in laszlo, does laszlo take pixels
>>> (px) or points (pt)?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>> acec
>>>
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>>
>> Benjamin Shine
>> Software Engineer, Open Laszlo / Laszlo Systems
>> ben at laszlosystems.com
>>
>>
>>
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