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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
I really don't see it as realistic for one document / ebook to produce the exact same results on all screens. Even trying to index the display for a screen type would become a Babelian task, since new display proportions are generated on a regular basis and users can alter the font at will.
E.g. if I'm reading Shakespeare on a smartphone, and I prefer to use a larger font size, I'm pretty much SOL no matter how it's formatted.
Some ebooks aren't formatted well, but on the other hand I've seen quite a few books with good formatting. IMO it has less to do with the tools than the expertise you bring to the task -- as well as holding realistic expectations given the diversity of display options.. Not that the current formats are stupendous, but I expect that once you get used to some of the quirks you'll gain more control over the process.
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That's not the problem. Of course different size displays and different base font size choices and different line heights will result in text that looks different on different displays.
But text that;s coded to display smaller than the base font size should display smaller (or at least not bigger) than the base font size on all displays.
A paragraph that's set up with a hanging indent should have a hanging indent on all displays, not just a left indent.
Both these errors can happen with the Kindle file format and Kindle rendering software/firmware from Amazon.