Amanda

: I'm sorry, I don't understand your post exactly. If my two files have different pixel dimensions - you just mean the total number of pixels, right? But if I create two files with 72 ppi, one at 300 x 200 and one at 600 x 480, a 12 point font looks the same on the screen in those two docs. ?

The size will appear to be the same in each case, but think pixels not points.

: (I do understand why a 300 ppi 12 point font looks bigger on screen than a 72 ppi 12 point font, but somehow I am not able to piece all of this together in my head to understand my current dilemma.)

They look bigger only because you are looking at them at different magnifications. Select the eye glass and click on "Actual Pixel" in the option menu and they will appear the same size.

: In any case, if I am creating screen mock ups as GIFs or PNGs (always 1024 x 768) that will later be coded in HTML, what is the best way to ensure that I use font sizes that translate into HTML ---> even if it requires a formula, like in Photoshop 13 pt = 10 pt HTML, 16 pt = 13 pt... ?

First off Elements uses Pixels not points points. Pt are 1/72" and are relevant for printing, px vary from monitor to monitor. To give you an idea of how variable monitors are, activate the rule in Elements and then hold up a real ruler to it and see if a real inch matches an Element inch. The ruler that Adobe uses is based on a pixel square of .014 inches and 72 pixel to the inch. This was what a Mac monitor was in 1984 when Adobe first got started. Because lack of standards Adobe has opted to a relative ruler rather than chase a non existing standard.

There is no golden formula. The best you can say is that what you see at "Actual Pixel" will be what you see when you browse with *your* monitor. If you are familiar with Styles you can specify font sizes in pixels so that you can attempt to match text size with graphic size but that is another story with some unique problems of its own.

Grant

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