Thread: Clara HD The Dilemma of choice.
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Old 06-24-2018, 03:56 PM   #11
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Not to me.

1. Look at the next line to see the end of the sentence. Certainly in the fraction of a second it takes to go to the next line you won't forget what you read. I really doubt that the majority of German readers are using small font sizes anyway.
Switching to the next line is easy enough. Switching more often to a new page due to less text on the screen, not quite so easy. Out of a perhaps morbid curiosity, can you give a source for your opinion on German readers and their choices in font size?

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2. This would be a problem on any size ereader with any font size. You're not going to make it a 1:1 correspondence between a sentence and a line. A sentence ends early, the next sentence begins and won't be concluded until the next line. This will happen more often than not.
As mentioned, the Aura One allows a larger font for the same amount of text on the screen. Using the same font size on each device leaves the Clara HD with less text on the screen.

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3. What does reading German prose have anything to do with the OP who is from Wales?
The person to whom you replied is from France not Wales. Nothing to do with the OP. Quite possibly anacreon reads poetry and German prose.

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The OP is certainly not forced to use a small font size on a 6 inch ereader. Whether he reads in English, German, Swahili. Doesn't matter. It was a silly assertion that needed to be debunked.
As I said, "amount of text on screen". I can use a larger font on my Aura One for the same amount of text on the screen. For those of us who are staring multifocal lenses in the eye, that can be an advantage. For those who have more elastic lenses, being able to have more text on the larger screen with the same font size as used on the smaller screen can also be an advantage.

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