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Re: Pixels and Accessibility by jan_Inkepa on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @03:15PM (#31426522)
>“For screen displays, it traditionally represents one device pixel (dot). However, for printers and high-resolution screens, one CSS pixel implies multiple device pixels. 1px = 1/96th of 1in.”

And this multiple isn't necessarily an integer, it's specified as a floating point number (though I've in practice only seen fractional parts of .5 (on a samsung galaxy IIRC) )

( https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/devi... )

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Re: Pixels and Accessibility by tadfisher on Thursday May 19, 2022 @02:21AM (#31431336)
Blink on Android maps CSS pixels to Android's DP (density-independent pixel) unit, which is derived from a device's "density bucket", which traditionally has been defined by some multiple of 160ppi in .5x increments. There are some oddball values out there (e.g. the "tvdpi" bucket for Android TV apps), but you'll usually see the .5 multiple on phone-sized screens.
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