Font Size Discrepancy Html/dreamweaver Vs Illustrator

I'm sure I must be being a total eedyat somewhere and I've been fishing round for an answer but.. I'm finding a massive discrepancy in the way Dreamweaver is rendering font size (

Solution 1:

html(browser) pt from W3.org states px: pixel units — 1px is equal to 0.75pt.

But Adobe product's pt to html(browser) css's coding is 1pt(photoshop) = 1px(css)

So if you try to do 18px in css instead of 18pt in css then you should be able to get the same text font.

See link: http://www.sherriwyche.com/tools/fontconversion.html

Solution 2:

All i can suggest is the font names if you understand fonts can be chosen by user agents(browsers) as the best "version" available. e.g. serif or arial e.t.c.

Also agents have text zoom settings and their own render engines for the fonts.

OS systems use(as in a user) fonts , so primarily its whatever is available of similar class of font. The complete font also is not always carried by an "AKA" user agent.