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Old 06-04-2011, 08:55 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by dezignlady View Post
Well the printed book is currently between the size of an iPad and a Kindle and the text is already 12 pt.
So, it's larger than most readers (which are Kindle-size or smaller), and has a font that many users with sight problems (and needing reading glasses is already a "problem") would find small.

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This being academia they are pretty set on it appearing with the study notes in the margin. Is there a way to effectively do this?
So they want it to look exactly like a printed book? Then make a PDF.

You could put the sidenotes in boxes with "float: left" (or right), but it's going to look pretty crappy in many configurations.
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