Re: Message Boxes / 5:3 Ratio

[Soeren Sandmann <sandmann daimi au dk>]

Liam Quin <liam holoweb net> writes:

> I am not sure what a message box is (dialogue box?) but I'm interested
> in 5:3 -- in typography, 4:3, the golden ration, 1:sqrt(2) and 2:3
> are all preferred over 5:3, although 5:3 is better than many other
> ratios.
> 
> Where did 5:3 come from?

5:3 is an approximation to (the inverse of) the golden ratio, which is
the limit of this sequence:

   3:5, 5:8, 8:13, 13:21, ...