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Browser text compatibility
It is a sad fact that different browsers display the same text slightly differently, usually at a slightly
different size or line length (so for example 10pt text is not displayed at 10pt size but at the nearest whole
pixel size instead (13 pixels).
Web Designer MX Premium is designed to emulate the behavior of the most common browsers and
adjusts intermediate sizes to be whole pixels, and adjusts the line lengths to closely emulate the text on
Windows browsers. You can switch this adjustment off in the Options dialog, General tab (right click
and choose Page Options or choose Options from the Utilities menu) by un-checking the 'Show
Windows compatible text lengths
' option.
Advanced note:
If you're using Web Designer MX Premium or switch this compatibility option off, then if you enter any
intermediate size, such as 13.6 pixels or 10pt, you will get text that is exactly, accurately, scaled to this
size. But be warned that most web browsers will show this text as a slightly larger or smaller size than
you see in Web Designer MX Premium.
A second consequence of this browser (mis)behavior is that at small font sizes, there is a quite a large
jump from one size to the next. So if you want a font size, say, between 9pix and 10pix, you can't have
this. Most browsers cannot display an intermediate size (whether you use Points, ems, or any other unit
type). So you will see Web Designer MX Premium text sizes jump from one size to the next as you resize
text objects.)
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