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Originally Posted by pdurrant
I'm short-sighted. I'm also nearly 50, so my accommodation is almost all gone.
When reading during the day with my glasses on, I like quite a big font (say, 14pt), since I need to hold my book 50cm away.
When reading at night without my glasses (i.e. in bed), I like a very small font (say, 6pt), since I need to hold my book about 10cm away.
Varibale font size really is very useful.
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As someone who is very short-sighted (-10 diopter) and who has almost no accomodation since birth, I can recognize this. I actually don't like to read using glasses. If I read without glasses, I can use a 6-8 point font and keep the book somewhere between 10 and 20cm.
For me, that's actually the least straining way to read. The only way I'm using glasses when sitting behind a computer is that *not* doing so looks extremely ridiculous (not to mention you lose all oversight), especially when using a >= 17 inch monitor.