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Originally Posted by Mostly Math
The pictures come in pairs, the first shows the settings, the second the full page.
Let me know if there are different settings or another ebook you want me to try. This was a sideloaded, drag and drop epub.
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PS: and now I know how to install fonts WOO HOO!
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Thanks. That last picture shows about 50 characters per line, but only 24 lines of text. I assume the font is larger than I use on my Kindle PW. The Kindle displays (with the particular book I'm reading now) 28 lines, and 48 characters per line, but that book defines many different font sizes, one for each part of the book. One that doesn't, and just leaves everything at default (apart from the chapter headings and copyright page maybe), displays 30 lines and 51 characters. That's 6(!) more lines as compared to the Kobo, and the Kindle is 0.8 inch smaller. As said, I assume it's the font size that's set to something bigger than I normally use.
The length of a line in many books is between 60 and 70 characters per line. LaTeX, a much used typesetting system, uses a default of 67 characters per line, as it's considered the "best" line length for reading. The Kindle can do it, but then the fonts become too small for me to read.
This may be an odd request, but.... could you please try this?
- Set the smallest margins possible.
- Set the line height to the smallest settings.
- Set the font size to such a size that the number of characters per line becomes around 67. (Anything in between 60 and 70 would do, but 67 would be the perfect target.)
How many lines are on the page with these settings? I'd also very much like to see a picture.
Very much thanks for your efforts. This would be one of my main considerations for an ereader such as the Aura HD. It seems the first reader that actually might be able to display mass market paperback pages 1 on 1 (which I've counted to be around 2400 characters per page.) If I don't gain a lot of text on screen using the same font sizes as I do on the Kindle, then a switch to the Aura would not be worth it for me at this time.
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Also, if someone can test this:
- Does the font weight setting work on custom fonts?
- Does it work on side-loaded epubs?
- Do all functions with regard to reading progress and the chapter graph work, on side-loaded epubs?
I don't mind to convert to kepub to make these things work. Having font weight work on custom fonts would be a very nice bonus, but I can understand that you need some sort of special font format to make that work.
Thanks for anyone who can test this.
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And lastly.... The book title on the top can be disabled. Can the page number on the bottom also be disabled? It would fit another 2 lines, and I don't really need to see "Page X from Y" all the time.