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forcheville · 10-21-2011, 06:31 PM

I've always contended that the greater good of adaptable (and editable) screen formats in epub/mobi type ebooks outweighs the lesser good of preserving the elegance of traditional book design.

In the case of PD books I have the opportunity to test this by comparing a nicely formatted Project Gutenberg derived epub on a 6" reader with a cleaned-up DjVu page for page copy of an old edition from the Internet Archive on a 10" reader.
I find I prefer the latter every time.
With new memory making file-size a non issue and better, larger screens, I wonder if high-class page-design (without options) might be due for a comeback?

Any thoughts?

10-21-2011, 06:31 PM	#1
forcheville Zealot Posts: 104 Karma: 672100 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: Sony prs650, Boox M92, Samsung Slate 7	Importance of typography and layout I've always contended that the greater good of adaptable (and editable) screen formats in epub/mobi type ebooks outweighs the lesser good of preserving the elegance of traditional book design. In the case of PD books I have the opportunity to test this by comparing a nicely formatted Project Gutenberg derived epub on a 6" reader with a cleaned-up DjVu page for page copy of an old edition from the Internet Archive on a 10" reader. I find I prefer the latter every time. With new memory making file-size a non issue and better, larger screens, I wonder if high-class page-design (without options) might be due for a comeback? Any thoughts?