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Originally Posted by John F
Could you expand on the bolded part, please? I'm not sure what you are trying to say, as I think the opposite is true: if you are displaying a font at 7pt (with no zooming), it is going to look better (easier to read) on the a 300 DPI screen than a 150 DPI screen, regardless of screen size, all other things being equal.
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My apologies, I wasn't very clear on that one,
I meant to say that a 300DPI 7" screen gives trouble in reading, rather because the pixels are too small, than a larger (eg:14"), lower resolution (150DPI) screen where pixels become an issue.
At 150dpi, and quadruple the screen estate, the screen contents become more grainy, but font should become easier to see due to it being twice as large.
From a perspective that 7pt remains the same size on a large or small screen, yes, then the 150dpi screen will display the worst imagery.
However if the screen layout remains the same, and the text becomes twice as large on the 14" 150DPI screen, it'll be easier to read than the 7pt text on the 7" 300DPI screen.
I think what I'm saying is, that nowadays, DPI is good enough; even with 150DPI screens, the pixels are so small, that the smallest font readable, will be well below what you'd want to set your ereader to.
Our main issue is screen estate.
I would probably prefer a 9" 200DPI screen, than a 7" 300DPI screen; even if there are more pixels on the 7" screen.
Most regular books found in the store are about 8 to 9 inch.
Any ebook reader below that, is kind of scaling down the text or imagery, to fit their cramped, small screen.