Thread: Preferred Font Size in eBooks
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Old 05-21-2009, 02:42 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by ahi View Post
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.)
Hi Ahi,
I personally like 8/9pt fonts. I think 10 is on the larger side but tolerable. 12 pts forget it I feel like I'm reading a large print book or a children's book.

I don't mind PDF, I even go so far as to say PDF looks much better than all the other formats. I like it the the best so long as it's tailored to my preference. FeedBook is an excellent example of how it generates a PDF based on a users profile. I can set the margin, font, and font size.

What you are going to see here is that folks have different size screens, different resolution, and on top of that different preferences. Unless you generate the PDF on the fly I don't think you will satisfy most clients.


Which really is what most people are voicing their discontent for PDF. They want control on the layout which is allowed by the other formats save PDF.

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