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Old 06-08-2013, 04:24 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by davidfor View Post
Unfortunately, as Kobo have increased the resolution of the devices, they have kept the same font sizes. The last time I checked, the font sizes used were: 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58. On my Touch, I use 17 and the Glo, 22. When sitting next to each other, the Glo is a little smaller than the Touch, but is more readable. I haven't seen an AuraHD to compare.

With the list of fonts above, the firmware does handle the sizes in between. If you edit ".kobo/Kobo/Kobo eReader.conf", you can set the font to any number in the range. The font size is the line "readingFontSize". Change that, and it is used from then on for new books opened. But, it will be lost if you change any of the settings.
On the Aura with 2.6.1, I just tried setting the font size to 72 and it gave me a larger size than the slider did. Moving the slider worked to reduce the font size but no way to get back to 72 without re-editing the .conf file.

If Kobo could get both renderers to agree on what "normal" font size is, it would make life easier.

Regards,
David
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