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jeno

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I am on Tiger and i am running Entourage 2004. My 12pt Arial will appear bigger like maybe 16pt on Windows Entourage. When windows user send me an email, 10pt Arial on PC will appear smaller (7.5pt) when i receive on my Mac.
It is very frustrating that no matter how i do, i just can't get both font size to be standardize.

Any thought ?
 
jeno said:
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Any thought ?
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You are asking more of Entourage than is generally expected of an email client. It is not a page layout app. It is not even a word processor. It appears that you want to send messages that maintain fidelity to their formats. For this, you need HTML mail. Entourage renders HTML mail just fine. To create HTML mail, select Format > HTML within Entourage. That said, how the document appears to the recipient depends on his HTML settings, which may override your choices. To send a message which fixed formatting, you will have to send it as a PDF attachment.
 
Thanks MisterMe. But does this happen to any other mail application as well?
In both PC and Mac, I've set the same setting for HTML and mail reading and mail composing, there shouldn't be any local override. or isn't it?
 
jeno said:
... In both PC and Mac, I've set the same setting for HTML and mail reading and mail composing, there shouldn't be any local override. or isn't it?
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Entourage is a Mac-only application so that it is impossible for a Windows email client to share its settings. I really believe that you need to abandon the notion that you can somehow guarantee that email--be it plain text, RTF, or HTML--will look the same in different email clients on different computers. HTML mail is close enough.
 
However I was sending email using HTML format when i notice the difference how it appear on PC and Mac.

Would it be better if i send it using plain text?
 
Mac screen res is 72dpi; pc screen res is 96. You're always going to see a slight difference, and the monitor size and res itself can have an effect.

You're better off sending plain text. That way the person on the other end can have the font set any way they want.
 
Mac screen resolution varies among models. I believe the Mac Books are something like 113ppi, while the desktop displays are different. Older CRT monitors typically were 72ppi, but later models had higher dpi ratings.

The screen resolution in terms of how many points per inch are displayed is strictly a function of the monitor/screen hardware itself, not of the platform or operating system.

Still, this could definitely account for what you're experiencing. 12pt. Arial type will be displayed at a different size when you're running your monitor at 1024x768 versus when you're running it at 800x600.
 
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