I don't think points is a good fit for that. A point has a defined length, 1/72 of an inch. If you don't want your text to be 12/72 of an inch, don't specify the size in points.
Since the invention of desktop publishing, PostScript points have been 72 to the inch. Resolution-independent rendering was taken into consideration in the 80's. If a "point" is not 1/72 of an inch then it's rendered wrong. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_%28typography%29
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I don't think points is a good fit for that. A point has a defined length, 1/72 of an inch. If you don't want your text to be 12/72 of an inch, don't specify the size in points.
What? That is not the case with any browser. Nor with any software as the article points out.
Would be awesome if it was...
Since the invention of desktop publishing, PostScript points have been 72 to the inch. Resolution-independent rendering was taken into consideration in the 80's. If a "point" is not 1/72 of an inch then it's rendered wrong. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_%28typography%29
That's kind of what the article is pointing out...