I am working on my psd in CS6. I went into preferences - rulers/units to change my rulers/type from rulers:inches, type:points to rulers pixels, type pixels. I am finding that when I make the shift the ruler changes from inches to pixels. Yet when I look

[robynk613]

I am working on my psd file in photoshop CS6

i am designing a page for a website (72dpi). I went into preferences - rulers/units to change my rulers/type from rulers: inches, type: points to rulers: pixels, type: pixels. I am finding that when I make the shift the ruler increments change from inches to pixels. Yet when I look at the character box, the font measurement goes from points to pixels, but the number stays the same (ex:36 points now says 36 pixels.)  My programmer asks that I give her measurements in EM, yet when I look at a pt/px/em chart converter there is a big difference in size between 36 pixels and 36 points. What to do to give the programmer the right measurement?

[davescm]

Conversion from points to pixels will depend on your resolution (dpi) setting.

1 point is 1/72 of an inch.

So if your resolution is 72 dpi then 1 pt = 1 px

Dave