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ha ok, i see we were talking about different things. and i don't know enough about the mechanics of printing to really compare all this. when i make an image for print in 300dpi, i consider this high resolution ; i did not realize you need a machine at 1200 to make 300.
however, i still think that 160 should be a reasonable resolution (assuming that you don't want to display your text at 6pts in serif !), because i think antialiasing and hinting (as you mentioned) can be used on these screens, since they have 4 or 8 level greyscale, depending on the model (is that correct ?). this should be enough to render a serif font cleanly, at least if you don't use a magnifying glass. i don't (yet !!) have an e-ink screen, so i really don't know, but it was my impression at least that this was true (and of course resolution which is already good will only improve as the technology is further refined). this seems to be one of the advantages of these screens.
so to reply to your question, yes, i still think that a lot of typesetting conventions can be applied to ebooks (including body text in serif font), with some important modifications in deference to the reflowable text. in fact, i think it is quite *important* to retain most of these typesetting conventions, even when they must be partially adapted for reflowable text / lower resolution. most of them have become conventions for good reasons, as we have discussed. i only wish that *everyone* knew these conventions, and why they exist, before they tried to make ebooks...
i would be curious to see the result of the justification which "breaks" (takes one or more lines out of full justification) to avoid rivers and holes ; isn't it distracting ? when i read a fully-justified text and i see a shorter line, i unconsciously expect that line to be the end of the paragraph, and if it were not i can imagine that being a bit confusing. tompe, is there any way you can make a screenshot / photo ?
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