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Originally Posted by DixieGal
I was fixing up some RTF's last night, turning them into PDF's to read on my Sony. (I'm in the minority who prefers PDF's.) I gave it 0.5 margins, Ariel font, size 22 pts, as usual. Then, just for kicks, I changed the line spacing from 1 to 1.15 (canned spacer on Win 07).
It made a HUGE difference! Just that tiny bit of extra space between lines, with the sans serif font, large print, and suddenly I could read it in portrait mode on my 505. I think by allowing more of the grayish background between lines, it showed up as being a darker contrast.
The 505 is much more pleasant to hold and read in portrait format.
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Originally Posted by bwaldron
Absolutely one of the best things about the Cybook (plus more font size options than the Kindle, and the "embolden" option).
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Originally Posted by Sonist
Font do have HUGE impact on how text looks both on paper and on screen. People notice the difference, even if they are not aware of the reason why things look different.
The fonts were different. But I am not sure that's the reason why the iLiad appears more contrasty. It's noticeably easier to read, even though the size of the font size on the iLiad is set slightly smaller, than on the K2. Changing the size on the K2 doesn't make much difference to the contrast, IMO.
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I see that and you know, while I fully am aware what a typeface can do for readability, I somehow assumed that eink displays really were the same across the board.
The tip about line spacing, I get it and it makes a lot of sense after considering looking at the eink displays I have used that on pages with less content and more space between what content there is, they do seem more readable.
I really appreciate the discussion in this thread. I have a better grasp of not only why the displays are so gray, but also what might help make a given display easier to read for myself. It is certainly worth a shot. I am still going to wait to see what shakes out in the fall or winter of this year before locking myself into a given device, but maybe I will end up buying one less new lens this year and a nice reader to complement my PDA's.
Like I wrote, I never made the leap from CRT or LCD displays and how some fonts are better for me there to the fonts on the eink readers. So now I have better ammo when evaluating a device. I still do not like the gray but maybe I can work with it. Still I am not 100% sold the technology is actually right for me at this point in time.
great discussion!!
sonist, do you get the impression the reason the K2 does not show imporvement is either from the line spacing or maybe it is how the device manipulates the charge to attract or repel the beads?