3 ms·
I always assumed the main reason for using PDFs is, that an author/distributor can be pretty sure, that they're rendered almost exactly the same (fonts, layout)
by ephbit 5y ago
I always assumed the main reason for using PDFs is, that an author/distributor can be pretty sure, that they're rendered almost exactly the same (fonts, layout) no matter with which viewer they're viewed.
This probably evokes some kind of sense of authenticity. Like some physical paper document it has exactly one appearance.
- ephbit 5y agoThere's also the annotation features in PDFs which allow me to highlight text and add a comment. I don't know of any more convenient way to directly attach my thoughts to a specific portion of text. (If there is, I'd genuinely like to know). And it even works well across multiple devices: I have a folder on my PC that's synced with my phone via syncthing containing mostly PDFs (savend web pages, papers, books, ..) and the annotations I make in those PDFs on my phone are directly available on my PC ... all without using some cloud bullsh*.