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Re: Little lord FONT leroy
Michael -
> It was an assult on his eyes. And it made > the ebook incredibly lo-o-o-o-ng. Way to > long to print. In fact, it was uncomfortable > to read at that font size. > So he opened up the other book he bought. It > was called, Windows For FudgeMudgins (which > is the word for Dummies in the future time > he lives). But dang... the font was > impossible to read... It looked like this > even after using the Zoom feature that comes > with the Acrobat Reader. > He opened the third book. It was called > Debbie Learns C++++++++++. The font was this > size - normal size. Ideal for printing out > on paper. Easy to read on the screen. Can be > zoomed in on to increase the size as seen on > the screen... and doesn't make the book > longer in page numbers to give a false > impression. Why, the book even had normal > margins instead of three inch wide margins. > Which, authors claim is for notes, but which > also conveniently increases the length of > the book five fold. > He read the book, tried out the example code > and was pleased. He leant back against the > chair's back rest, closed his eyes and > dreamt of a time when eBook authors would > follow a standard, middle of the road > approach to fonts, like those who print hard > copy books do. Size 12 font is okay... And your post, of course points out the tradeoffs. Do I make the font size larger to handle the situation that started this thread? Or do I make it size 12 as you suggested and trust that people will use the zoom in feature if it's a PDF? Ours is a PDF and it has reasonably sized margins based on comments from our reviewers. And what about those e-books that are *not* PDF? Maybe you wouldn't buy them (I don't buy many that aren't PDF) but it looks like there are plenty of people that do judging from all the e-book compilers available. So... we're no closer to an answer than when we started! Rick Smith, "The Net Guerrilla" |
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