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Originally Posted by 4691mls
I wish e-readers would let us specify a numerical point size. This would take care of my issues with the Kobo page numbering too - if I could set all my books to 10 pt (or whatever number is comfortable for me) then seeing how many screens are left would mean something, and all my books would be comparable. As it is, the available font sizes don't always seem to be the same from book to book, and if I change the font up or down by one size - whatever random sizes those may be - the page (screen) count for the book can go up or down by 50 or more pages.
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Don't forget that the CSS can and does mess with font sizes. Even if you assign a numerical point size unless you want that point size to override the CSS, the font size can vary both inside a book and from book to book. Let's not get into the can of worms that comes up when you notice that different fonts will not be exactly the same size on screen if your ebook has multiple embedded fonts such as one recent horrible example which had 6 embedded fonts with a total of 12 font files.
And I may be misunderstanding you but if I am using Adobe's synthetic page numbers or Kobo's page per screen, I would still see xxx of yyy for the page number. So 139 pages of 158 or 248 of 282 or 88% give me pretty much the same information. if I change the font size in a kepub, I might see the display change from 248 of 282 to 211 of 239 but unless you are only paying attention to the first number and not the ratio between the two, it's still the same amount left.