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Old 02-16-2010, 12:42 AM   #99
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Originally Posted by balok View Post
What? Maybe if you're reading a 500-year-old manuscript, then yes, an ebook reader will cause less eye strain. Otherwise, there's no contest, paper wins every time in terms of contrast.
For a given font family and size, I'd agree. But I can change these on my electronic device.

(And I should add that many paperbacks far less than 500 years old have pretty poor paper/font/text size characteristics.)
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