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Originally Posted by Orn8one
Please will you post if you find the medium font works? Perhaps even a photo would be ossible with the different font sizes so we can see how much content is possible on the screen.
Good to know there is someone else out there with fingernails and a need for a larger font!
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Unfortunately, I won't be back at the mall this week...I thought of taking pictures, but my phone camera isn't very good.
But here are some points of reference:
- I need 1.25 magnification reading glasses..my eyesight is still decent but at the point where I occasionally need for very fine print or the lighting/contrast isn't good (a sign of getting older)
- On the Kindle, I use a font size that is between the Sony's medium and large font (The one drawback on my PRS-505 is that I use a larger font than I need because the one below it is too small to read comfortably).
I could easily read with the medium font on the newer models...it could be because of the improved clarity -or- the store lighting -or- combination of both.
Personally, I would find the large font on the PRS-350 not usable.
I read very fast and while the page turns are faster, it's not instantaneous (e.g. there is still a small flash in between). And if my eyesight were even a bit worse off than it is or lighting conditions weren't ideal, I would probably need the Large font. As much as I fell in love with the 350 and want a 5 inch reader for the portability, I think anyone who needs reading glasses but doesn't want to use them should consider the 650...or at least consider there will be an adjustment to the change when moving from a larger reader.
But that's me - I tend to "speed read" (my brain scans while reading). But my mother uses a larger font on her Kindle that I have the same gripe about...but it doesn't seem to bother her...it's what's she needs and is used to. Perhaps there are PRS-300 users who use the Large font and don't think the lack of content displayed at once and frequent page turns an issue.