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1.2 is the most popular fixed line space i.e.that it the one I remove most!. but I much prefer a larger value. I'd had a few library book where I wondered " why does this layout look so good"? & getting under the bonnet I found that it was because a higher line spacing value was forced. You could dismiss that as a cheap publisher trick to up the page count, but I liked it! I think I then googled the topic & discovered that readablity tests suggested something in the 1.3 - 1.5 range. I'd be interested in reading more on that if you have good links,
So on my aura HD, I set my own, subjectively, with the sliders, having made sure that there's nothing left in the book CSS to prevent that.
And with the android app I was very happy with what it chose for me, until this week!.It used very similar layout logic to the native Kindle fire reader which I was comparing it to.
Because I have that wider setting, I no longer have any extra paragraph spacing, I started out in e-reading, way back, with adding 0.3 to my kindle books, then talked myself down to 0,.1 & now to 0. So I don't care for the "kobo styling" approach of adding space back in.
bu the moral(s) here are
1. and decent reader app should allow the user to set their own layout preferences
2. updates should not drastically change the reading experience, especially when that cannot be tweaked away and when there is no roll back to previous version option
Anyway moon + reader pro is looking good, I never did hear back from developer as to how to get my paid for play store version onto the kindle so I had to do it via the less ethical route after all. I googled & set up the colordict dictionary feature - simple on a google tablet - a pain on Kindle as the relevant bits were not in their app store, but I found what I needed eventually.
I recommend a study of its UI to the Kobo app designers, it shows you can have a lots of margin, line space... control + LOTS of fonts, configurable gestures and control bars, background colour themes, TTS..... { and most of that is even in the free version! ).
Apparently the inclusion of TTS is why it ( and other hi-spec epub readers) are not sold in Amazon store. Amazon have some contractual exclusivity thing going to protect audible, so nothing that offer TTS is allowed into their app store
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