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Some documents aren't meant to adapt to screen sizes gracefully, particularly ones where layout and typesetting are important/mandated.
by danso 7y ago
Some documents aren't meant to adapt to screen sizes gracefully, particularly ones where layout and typesetting are important/mandated.
- happytoexplain 7y agoYes, but an adaptive format could allow static layout, while a static format inherently can not allow an adaptive layout.
- danso 7y agoAnd what is this adaptive format? Is it HTML? The FAQ addresses why this initiative is skeptical of using HTML: https://editablepdf.org/faq/ https://editablepdf.org/faq/ > Why not use web standards, such as HTML/CSS? > We do use the relevant parts of HTML and CSS, where appropriate. But web standards do not provide for specification of the layout of the document in a robust way, which is guaranteed not to reflow when opened on other systems. Furthermore, browser technologies are a moving target, with implementations changing very rapidly. Therefore, they do not provide a suitable basis for archival documents.
- microcolonel 7y agoIndeed, advance needs to be measured in the integer units of the font, if you want stable line breaks.