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Old 04-22-2010, 03:14 PM   #7
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Typography is ``the art (or craft) of setting type so as to honour the content'' of a text.

Unfortunately, eBook viewing programs are _very_ primitive, using brain-dead / greedy one-line at a time h&j algorithms and _not_ affording much control over appearance --- the limited number of typeface choices is a symptom of this.

Here's an article, which while written regarding the iPad, can pretty much be applied to all other ebook formats:

http://fontfeed.com/archives/ipad-typography/

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