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Originally Posted by Avistew
I agree with the problem you mentioned, having one word on each end and a huge space in between looks terrible. I prefer when cutting words is activated, in which case long words are cut and it remains justified. If the program cuts them in the right place it's not a problem at all (if it cuts it just anywhere then it can be a problem to read, though).
I don't think lrf supports that, though, do they?
I read a smaller font than you do (usually 9 pts) so I definitely don't have that problem but I can see how a smaller font would make it arise.
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I can't speak about lrf since I've never used it to make my own ebooks. When making ebooks, my main experience has been with AporisDoc (the format that the Palm Reader uses, I don't use it anymore since getting my Sony Reader, it would be great is the Sony Reader supported the format), RTF, and PDF. I basically format the ebooks in the OpenDocument format, and then export them to PDF.
I know that hyphenating words (I think that's what you mean by "cutting words") could deal with some of the poor line breaks that occur when flowing the text, both with and without full justification. But I find it more readable to not hyphenate at all. Also, it saves me from having to go through my ebooks and rehyphenate the text it if I decide to reformat them (such as to a smaller font or a different typeface).
One of the best things about ebooks is that its formatting can be adjusted to suit the reader. Since I've begun needing to use reading glasses for smaller print, the ability to increase the size of the text is a definite plus for me.
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Originally Posted by xtine
I just changed one of my ePub books' font to Georgia and the font is a lot darker now. Thanks again!  |
You are welcome. I'm glad to help where I can, and I've found Georgia to be one of the better-looking typefaces. To me, it gives the text a slightly more interesting look than either Thorndale or Times New Roman. Also, I prefer to make the main text of my ebooks in a serif typeface.