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Originally Posted by DuskyRose
Another way we differ. I don't like reading landscape on anything. Nor do I like holding the T2 in landscape mode. It doesn't fit my hand well.
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I explained in detail how to hold it in landscape. With finger numbers like how to play piano.
The whole point is that you don't even have to hold it - it hangs by itself on a completely relaxed hand, no chance of dropping it.
For me, landscape itself is crucial on 6" (simply the screen is too narrow for portrait, end of story), but no need to hold it - another HUGE plus.
I have Aura, so it is too large for landscape, its size is just enough for portrait.It doesn't even have landscape. So I got it precisely for that reason - so that I could read in portrait. Turns out, I now have to hold it. Really hold it. And still it might drop from my hands. This is a very big problem for me. I need a cover for Aura that opens at the top - that would be the best solution.
Of course, there are serious issues with Aura's software. But I already installed some hacks, things are looking a bit better. But holding it - it is terrible.
So that is becoming almost the main reason I don't like it.
As to portrait on 6".
Let's take a typical mass market paperback and measure the width of text in it: 8.8 cm.
And how wide is the screen of T2? 9 cm. So how much is left for margins?
1mm on each side. Not acceptable.
How much I get in landscape? The length of screen: 12.2 cm or so.
So, I can have 1.7 cm + 8.8 cm + 1.7 cm - great!
If you are using portrait, you can have at best 4 mm + 8.2 cm + 4 mm
8.2 cm - the lowest number I found only in a very few real paperbacks.
I do have some tiny books < 8 cm, but I don't count them, they are clearly not regular paperbacks.
That 8.2 cm text width requires to use also a pretty small font, size = 18 points (that is screen points, not paper points). And still 4 mm margin is not quite enough when the bezel is black. It might be acceptable if your T2 is white. I do have one white T1. It better handles narrow margins but makes the screen look unpleasantly gray.
But I prefer the typical 8.8 cm text width and the font size that goes with it or just a bit smaller (the font size depends on the width of text and vice versa - usually the line length is calculated by the number of alphabets that can fit into a line of text for the chosen font)
So, if you are using very narrow line of text (as in portrait) you have no choice but to use very tiny font too.
On Aura, the screen width is 10.2 cm - so I can have
0.7 cm + 8.8 cm + 0.7 cm
0.7 cm margin is acceptable. Not as good as on T2 in landscape, but I can live with it. And have the magic number 8.8 cm (as in real books!!!) for the text.
NOTE: I consider 8.8 cm to be the typical text width, I am used to it. I do have some paperbacks that goes over 9 cm, and even to 9.5 cm sometimes.
Also, trade paperbacks and hardcover books may have larger pages and longer lines and larger font. But I don't have many of those, so I am using on my readers to what I am accustomed to from the pre-e-ink era.
BTW., You can afford 1 cm + 10 cm + 1 cm on T2 in landscape - like in hardcover books , probably. So much more flexibility.