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Old 05-18-2009, 03:27 AM   #2
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It depends. If I'm reading in bed without my glasses on*, I like a very small font - 7pt, say. If I'm reading in normal light with glasses, I like something around 12pt. If I'm in low-light levels, 18pt is comfortable.

That's why I use Mobipocket ebooks - so I can change the font size at will.

The problem with PDF for me is not that it's often set in A4/US Letter page size, but that it is in a fixed layout and font size.

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What is your preferred font size?

If a publisher releases eBooks as PDF files (that use the proper 4.9"x6.9" paper size), what font sizes should those files use? (My assumption being that multiple files should be made available to provide the eBook in multiple font sizes.)

*I'm short-sighted (myopic), so without my glasses I need to have the ebook less than 15cm away. The one advantage to being short-sighted. I don't need reading glasses in bed :-).
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