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Originally Posted by taosaur
I tried out all the 10" files on my netbook and the most readable was the 12pt landscape in two columns, which I kept 
The two-column layout works well for the numbered lists that make up the bulk of the text, but it's a bit laborious for the larger blocks of text in the introduction. I might have done a single offset column half again as wide as your split-page columns for the introduction only.
While I generally find portrait preferable, in these portrait editions I found the lines too long for comfortable scanning. While I appreciate the effort to put my screen real-estate to use, half-inch or one inch margins might produce a more readable text.
I do like the presentation of the main text in the landscape copy, and will keep it on hand for reference. On brief perusal, the translation seems more accessible than my print edition. |
Thanks for the feedback! ;-) Glad you like it for the most part.
I will (probably tomorrow or on Saturday) upload a version that implements your suggestion in the introduction. If possible, please check it when it is up. My gut feeling is that you won't like it.
Regarding the margins... do you think it's sensible to go a route where smaller display size editions aim to minimize the margin, while the 10 inch display editions do margins comparable to actual paper books? The 10 inch display, after all, is almost around the size of a small to medium size paperback page.
Thanks again, and I'll post the file tomorrow or the day after!
- Ahi