Thread: Why does conversion have a 5px margin by default?
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Old 06-19-2020, 12:12 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by Argon View Post
Touché! But what I actually meant is, why is there a margin by default at all?
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Not all screens are precisely placed or made. 5px is really tiny on standard readers and allows 'wiggle room'.
Think this was bad. Welcome to the world of CRT displays, when the electron beam was bent by magnetic coils. and the terms Linearity, over/under scan were also frequently spoken
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