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Originally Posted by Kosst Amojan
Azayzel, maybe you can help me. I have a Reader and for some reason I cannot turn out readable comics. The files I use are standard comic sized scans at great resolutions but whenever I load them onto the reader after I use the converter, the text is way too small and I can only pick out a few words (my eyes are fine). Without the converter though I can't read anything.
Perhaps the text in manga is larger then in standard Marvel and DC comics, I don't read them so I don't know. If any of you have any suggestions, please help!
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I actually run the comics through JE-Comics Convertor and then through PDFRasterfarian. Before I used PDFR, I had the same problem as well; I could just barely make out some of the dialog without viewing it landscape mode (hate this, as it's strange to hold and I don't like to read a half page at a time). The JE-CC stitches all the images into one file, of the correct size for the reader, and PDFR applies a few filters to enhance the PDF output so that it is more easily viewable on the Reader; i.e., edge enhancement and noise removal. If you go to the Reader Developer's Corner, you can find that app and run it in conjunction with this one.
One issue you will find with US comics vs. manga is the physical size difference of the layouts. Here's a physical size comparison I've done myself, so you can see that they can fit more comic frames on a page in a US comic = more to fit on the eBook's page = smaller font; though the ratio length-to-width is almost the same -> .67 :: .65
Manga (TokyoPop) 5" x 7 3/8" or 126mm x 188mm
US Comic (Image) 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" or 169mm x 259mm
For demo purposes, I've attached a comic I converted with PDFRasterfarian before I found out about JE-Comics Convertor and a manga converted using both apps. If for some reason I need to remove either, I will happily do so, they are simply here for demostation. I'd u/l the PDF output of the manga, but it's 23MB rar'd. Secondly, I haven't read the manga I u/l, I just flipped through it to check quality; so if the story sucks, sorry. Finally, regarding reading manga so it makes sense... you start in the upper-right and work left, instead of upper-left and right like with US comics; sames goes for dialog (still top-to-bottom
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