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Originally Posted by Quoth
The numeric value only applies the same size to matching CSS, and varies in effect between epub and kepub. The ebook CSS body text surprisingly isn't always 1 em (=12pt). So the numeric value would just be clutter. Move slider and tap + or - till it looks right if it looks wrong. Only needs done once for a book. With paper you are stuck with whatever the publisher decided.
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Only needs once for YOU per book, but definitely not once per book for ME! I'm near-sighted, I have, depending on how my eyes feel, a pretty good range where I can read text, it's just that super tiny isn't comfy. I suffer from severe dry eye, and how my eyes feel can vary considerably.
I use a slightly larger than normal font during the day, but that goes up at night when my eyes are tired. And up further still for dark mode. I need double or triple the size I use during the day with dark mode!
So it's *not* once per book, it is MULTIPLE TIMES per book that I have to adjust font! And THAT is the the reason I'd like a number to ballpark it. It's irritating when I'm tapping some 8 times or so to get things large enough for dark mode reading, then have to do it all over again in the morning when daylight comes and my eyes are fresh!
And there's adjustments during the day as well, depending on whether I'm holding the reader or have it further away on a stand or resting it on a shopping cart while I wait in line at checkout.
Font size adjustment is probably the one and only thing I like better on Kindle than I do on Kobo! It's just SO much quicker to be able to set a font size that gets me back into reading on Kindle. I'm at Kindle 5 or 6 in the early morning when my eyes are fresh, but up to 9 or sometimes even 10 at night.
I'm NOT suggesting Kobo ditch their wide range of sizing, but something to make it a LITTLE easier to hit close to where I want would be nice. That's all.
To those who don't have any eye issues and can just set and forget font size, be thankful!