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Old 04-27-2013, 04:02 PM   #109
Lyn2012
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Device: Kobo Aura One, iPhone 8, iPad Pro
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Originally Posted by AnemicOak View Post
In one of the now many Aura threads someone asked for a pic comparing the text displayed on the Paperwhite and the Aura (can't find the post now). I don't have a PW anymore, but I do have a Kindle Touch (display should be the same/similar) so I did the best I could to get font and line spacing the same (got pretty close). Hope this helps, sorry the pic isn't great.
Thank you for trying to help, it is much appreciated. Unfortunately, I don't think the font/font size/spacing is close enough to really compare. I cropped a line from your image so I could compare a few words side by side and the Kindle font takes up more room than the Aura font which distorts things quite a bit. It is very difficult to tell just by looking though.

Maybe a better way of comparing the vertical space available would be to simply measure a full page of text, from the top of an upper case letter on the first line to the bottom of a letter on the last line (not a "p" or "g" etc though). My PW has 11cm vertical space available for text - font Helvetica, size 11. Please can someone lucky enough to have an Aura measure the amount of screen available vertically for the actual book text, excluding title, page numbering etc.

I am tempted by the Aura, even though there aren't any slim covers in bright colours, but don't want to hold a larger heavier reader if the available space for text is practically the same. I know it will be better than the Glo or Touch but wondering about the Paperwhite, or even the Sonys.
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