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Originally Posted by Hellmark
What does screen size have to do with anything? Part of the whole point of proper ebooks is it will work on any screen size.
PDF was popular because the software to read it was free, and it was available on all systems.
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PDF also became popular because the PDF looked just like the original document. This is apparently what the folks who feel embeddable fonts is important want to preserve...the exact layout the creator intended.
And this is indeed valuable...sometimes.
But then reflowing, and adjusting fonts and lines to fit various screen sizes and various people's eyesight goes out the window.
Other times, reflowing, and giving the user more control is more important.
Maybe one day we'll have a single format and device that ideally accommodates both, but till then, I want the latter in my portable eink reader, and when I want the former, I'll look at a book. Or a PDF.
I recall Bezos saying it was not the intent of the Kindle to try to out-book the book. eInk readers are a different reading experience.
ApK