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Old 04-17-2009, 12:43 AM   #32
jbruce
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I've now had success with True-type flavored OTF fonts, and straight true-type fonts. I think I may also have had success with Postscript flavored OTF fonts (not sure at the moment, because the reader is downstairs & I'm upstairs and too lazy to go get it). I haven't tried straight Postscript fonts yet.
How did you do it?

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But I am sure both of them are Times and Times is not suitable for low dpi screens!
The average monitor is 72 - 100dpi. Which means the device has a higher resolution than the average screen. However, slightly lower resolution than the average book (@ 85lpi/600dpi). If you are accustomed to reading from a digital medium - which you seem to be somewhat computer knowledgeable - reading any serif font is going to be weird (as at least 95% of fonts used on computers by default are sans). However, the reverse is also true (see previous sans vs. serif discussion).

Cheers,
Josh

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