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Originally Posted by radius
On a technical level I don't think there are major problems with your "hack", though it is quite inelegant.
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It's definitely not meant to be elegant; it's a big sledge hammer to simply fix what drives me nuts.
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Originally Posted by radius
I personally only go in to change specific items that annoy me (like too small line spacing, too small font size for regular text, mega-large margins etc) because I want to preserve as much of the existing formatting as possible. I want to believe that the "type-setting" of each book had some thought put into it to match the subject and mood etc. I don't want the responsibility of being the one who decides that, and I don't want ever book I read to look the same.
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As for the "typesetting of each book had some thought put into it" that's may be true for purchased books. But this sledge hammer is primarily used for books downloaded from Project Gutenberg, and even books from here. For example, I see no reason for specifying that the body text use a sans-serif font, or a serif font, or any particular font; I always use Caecilia because it's easier for my old eyes.
As for books looking the same, for me its about the story. The typesetting isn't important as long as it isn't distracting or annoying.