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Old 11-26-2017, 04:56 PM   #103
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
It’s very simple. Font sizes on the Kindle are not “absolute” sizes, but a multiplier applied to the base font size specified in the book. Different books have different base font sizes, just as different printed books use different font sizes. Hence font size “4” in one book may not be the same as font size 4 in a different book. That’s the way it’s always worked, and it has nothing to do with FONT_RAMP.
But without FONT_RAMP the leap from font size 4 to font size 5 is too great to be comfortable so I just lived with font size 4. And now I don't have to, so I'm more aware of what the book brings for font size. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that publishers don't care if their font size is uncomfortable since they probably hope this will add to the discouragement of people reading ebooks.

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