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Originally Posted by BetterRed
I don't seek to create typographical replicates of the original.
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Right on! My eyes are as old as the rest of me, and aren't about to improve any time soon. And why should an ebook try and emulate something printed on 8x10 paper, anyway? I edit what I want to read so I CAN read it, more or less easily. E-readers are wonderful for that, but when a book/doc/article is formatted all cutsy-poo and jammed onto that six-inch screen...and I've got the reader font set to nearly huge...it just doesn't work very well. So what I try and end up with is something resembling a large-print book that might have been published in 1900!
Yes, the converted files one can find can be spectacularly bad...but it's amazing how often I'll buy a brand-new book, read two pages, and whisk it into the editor to make it more comfortable. "Text-align: left" I can type in my sleep by now; justified text with 4 or 5 words per line is just awful.
Thanks to Kovid and Apprentice Alf, I can actually do this! Amazing, really.