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Specifying fixed type sizes is bad in principle, whether it's on a ebook or on the web. Not everyone has 25 year old eyes. And because screen resolution and screen sizes vary, there’s no way fixed font sizes can deliver the same actual font size to every viewer. Designers used to do a lot of type size specification for the web but in recent years, fortunately, they've largely given it up. They finally figured that people like the freedom to increase font size on their web pages. Fixed font size on the web became a particular pain in the butt as screen resolution increased on monitors and laptop screens – that can make a lot of text uncomfortably small. The principle is no different with an ebook reader.
The fixed font size that Sigil gave to my ebook file was also too small for comfortable reading. So yes - it is Sigil's fault that the font is not scalable on the eventual ebook reader. Scalable faults should be Sigil’s default situation.
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