12-01-2020, 11:35 AM
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Points vs pixels in PDF output
This has me puzzled. It appears as though the conversion to PDF is oriented primarily towards digital display rather than print. Not surprising, I suppose. But I (and I'm sure others) need to generate what used to be called "camera-ready copy" for a print version.
In Preferences, I can specify a "Base font size" of (say) 12 pt. But in the PDF output options, I can specify the font sizes ONLY in pixels -- even though all the other parameters are specified in points. And it appears that THIS default font size specification overrides what's specified in Preferences. So the only way I've been able to get PDF output in 12 point font is to specify the "corresponding" pixel size of 16 px. Am I missing something here? Why not allow PDF output font size to be specified in points? And is "faking it" in pixels the only way to accomplish this? |
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12-01-2020, 07:52 PM
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Because that's what the underlying library (Qt WebEngine) supports. And if you want to specify font sizes in pts, use extra css to apply a pt based font size to body
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