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pvdbogaard · 06-19-2012, 06:55 AM

Downloaded a technical book. In all three formats (pdf, epub, mobi).

PDF at 100% character size give a result as it should be (in my view). However the fonts is a bit small. Using 125% or higher and the tables look distorted. It is not clear anymore which text belongs to what column/row.
This does not change when changing the orientation from vertical to horizontal (longest side as top of page)

MOBI is absolutely unworkable when dealing with tables. Text from cells and rows flows as one very loooong sentence.

epub; using Coolreader: There is a notion of columns, however this is far from neatly formatted.
Using fbreader: one long sentence like in mobi
Using pdf reader: with 100% character size a two column display is selected. Not enough space for the tables, making them unreadable. At larger font size it is more or less like using Coolreader.

I used the above on my laptop with Amazon Kindle reader software. The mobi looks perfect.
I used the above epub on the laptop with a epub reader plugin in Firefox: perfect.
Adobe PDF with Preview (laptop is a Mac): perfect

The above makes me believe the implementation of the readers in the Onyx is far from perfect when it comes to handling documents of this nature. Is there anything I can do about these layout issues?

Currently also using this on an ipad. Here it is as on the laptop. However I love the e-ink screen ....

06-19-2012, 06:55 AM	#1
pvdbogaard Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2012 Device: Onyx M92	formatting issues Downloaded a technical book. In all three formats (pdf, epub, mobi). PDF at 100% character size give a result as it should be (in my view). However the fonts is a bit small. Using 125% or higher and the tables look distorted. It is not clear anymore which text belongs to what column/row. This does not change when changing the orientation from vertical to horizontal (longest side as top of page) MOBI is absolutely unworkable when dealing with tables. Text from cells and rows flows as one very loooong sentence. epub; using Coolreader: There is a notion of columns, however this is far from neatly formatted. Using fbreader: one long sentence like in mobi Using pdf reader: with 100% character size a two column display is selected. Not enough space for the tables, making them unreadable. At larger font size it is more or less like using Coolreader. I used the above on my laptop with Amazon Kindle reader software. The mobi looks perfect. I used the above epub on the laptop with a epub reader plugin in Firefox: perfect. Adobe PDF with Preview (laptop is a Mac): perfect The above makes me believe the implementation of the readers in the Onyx is far from perfect when it comes to handling documents of this nature. Is there anything I can do about these layout issues? Currently also using this on an ipad. Here it is as on the laptop. However I love the e-ink screen ....