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Originally Posted by JSWolf
From what I've read, 1.3 is default line-height. It does waste too much screen space and looks awful (IMHO). Also, the page number at the bottom seems to be a standard. Sony has it, Amazon has it (locations), and I bet others have it was well.
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Yes, but the Kindle page number/progress indication is very small. It uses up one line of text. The Kobo page numbers use up 2 cm / 0.8 inch or so, which is way too much. It wastes 2, maybe three lines of text. If that can't be disabled, it's probably a no go for me. This is one of those things that can bug the hell out of me forever.
If the epub specifies a line height of 1.2.em, what happens? Does the Kobo use 1.3em, or does it increase line height by 1.3 (130%), for a total of 1.56? That last option would explain why I see so many reviews where the reader displays a puny 18 lines of text or so. That's just ridiculous.
(I have some ebooks that specify many font-sizes and line heights for various parts of the book, and I don't intend to mess with that. The only thing I take out are any embedded fonts, and any "font-family" settings, so I can be sure my paperwhite will use my custom font.)
Maybe everything I'm trying to find out is moot, because I can't order the thing anywhere. WHSmith's in the UK does not send to the Netherlands.