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> them all being rendered in the same perfect font That annoys me. Book typography is a sophisticated art. Selecting a typeface for a book is a skill, position
by sago 10y ago
> them all being rendered in the same perfect font
That annoys me. Book typography is a sophisticated art. Selecting a typeface for a book is a skill, positioning it, sizing it and kerning it for that book makes a big difference.
Books all presented in the same way lose a lot of their character. Dickens shouldn't look like G R R Martin.
Sadly, its a bit of a first world problem, most people don't notice it, not consciously. They just get this sense that ebooks lack gravitas or character somehow.
- WalterBright 10y agoFortunately, storage space has gotten so cheap it is no problem storing page images rather than text. Even without the images, there are a number of things ereaders could do to render the text in a more booklike manner. One thing that mystifies me is why there are no ereaders with a screen the exact size of a standard paperback. If I was god-emperor of ereaders, that'd be the first thing I'd demand my minions create.