Sony font scaling : time to change?
I didn't like too much Sony font scaling in the past, but considering the new readers and supported formats (PDF improved a lot, I like it, ePub should improve, LRF remains for compatibility), as well as new sizes... really Sony can't do better with scaling?
In the past, we had S, M, L sizes; now for new ones (hope in a near future Sony really supports customers and release a new 505 firmware), we have XL and XXL. I consider XL and XXL almost useless.
The problem is that all levels scale from a base size, and Sony always go to a bigger one. IMHO, this is totally wrong. Sony will do much better if they add more levels, and also scaling down.
Let's say, having 8 levels, and 4 as the reference level, so:
(1) <(2)
(2) <(3)
(3) <(4)
(4) Is the base (file/format coded) level, current "S" one
(5) Is M
(6) Is L
(7) Is XL
(8) Is XXL
This can be done also using 5 levels as actually, maybe removing XXL (8) and creating (3) as "Small", and (4) continuing to be base one, "Normal".
But, as many levels and options, the better.
Last edited by jotas; 08-29-2009 at 02:56 PM.
Reason: change font size, just as Sony ;-)
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