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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I hope I don't detail the thread too badly here.
I know you mentioned you use an iPad, which has a 4:3 ratio. Have you ever read comics on a 16:9 ratio screen?
I'd heard 4:3 was closer to the true ratio of a comic, but now that I have tablets in both ratios, that's simply not true.
On my 4:3 Windows tablet, there are bars on the sides of the screen. On my 16:9 Android tablet there are bars on the top and bottom. But if I open the same comic on both devices and lay the two screens on top of each other, the page on the Android tablet is bigger.
I know manga is closer to 4:3 and so are British comics. But for American comics from the '70's through now, the Android tablet gives a bigger image on the same-ish size screen.
Sorry for the diversion. |
American comics are typically 3:2/15:10 (6.75" x 10.125") which is close to the aspect ratio used on Android tablets (16:10 1280x800, 1920x1200). I think Japanese manga uses the same AR. For reading comics in portrait, then a 16:10 tablet fits better. Personally though, the weight distribution on 10.1" and bigger 16:10 tablets feel off to me. I like it on the 2013 Nexus 7, though.
However, I read in 2-page landscape mode and for that, 4:3 is more ideal. Besides, the 12.9" iPad is large enough to display comics full size in portrait (although you do get large margins).
4:3 is also closer to magazines, letter and A4 size paper.
Note: Text is perfectly clear and legible on the iPad mini 4. It's my camera and low light conditions that are at fault when it comes to the following pics.
From left to right:
iPad Pro 12.9, iPad Pro 9.7, iPad mini 4 (7.9)
iPad Pro 9.7, iPad Pro 12.9, iPad mini 4 (7.9)
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