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Originally Posted by daffy4u
How do I translate pt to px? Calibre's default configured with 5.0 pt all the way around (72 pts = 1 inch). I could use a bit more but I don't understand px.
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px is pixels, but i'm not sure there's an easy way to translate them into inches or similar, since depending on the screen the size of one pixel will vary (for instance : currently, the 6" screens and 5" screens have the same resolution, 600 x 800px. but, since the same number of pixels must fit in a smaller area for the 5" screen, the individual pixels are therefore smaller). for reference, i think the smallest margin to set on the right side is 15px, to avoid having the page numbers overlap the text. that should give you an idea of how small 15px is (pretty small). knowing that your screen is 600 px wide may help you to visualise the size as well (especially if you break it up : half a screen is 300, one tenth of a screen is 60...).
however, you can probably just pretend that pixels are about the same as points, and that will give you a good mental jumping off point. or you can use pts, but since pts is originally a unit of measurement made for print (paper), i'm not sure it's the most relevant one to use for ebooks, and actually i'm not really sure how acurately it translates into a digital display. you might want to just play around a bit with different sizes to find what you like. you can try using percentage, too ; that might be easier to visualise.