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I'm really disappointed in these newer versions. I went back to 3.47 (64 bit). I really missed the ability to turn pages and reset pages by page number. The new format is fine if I'm reading a printed paperback or bound book but just doesn't work for me with ebooks on my PC.
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Last edited by Brett Merkey; 06-09-2020 at 01:41 PM. Reason: so as not to make my point so boldly... |
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I dunno. That I personally find the use of Comic Sans and upsizing the font size to be excessively annoying?
There was nothing said that could not have been said using the standard font and font size. Not to mention bringing up the viewer issues which have long been discussed to death. |
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But perhaps in retrospect, it is best to not mix personal judgments with font preferences. For instance, I assumed the OP had vision or reading problems. Comic Sans is a preferred font with dyslexics. Perhaps I am wrong.
http://omgfacts.com/comic-sans-helps...with-dyslexia/ |
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You might want to check this study: A Web Based Voting Application Study of Fonts for Voters with Dyslexia where Helvetica was rated over Open Dyslexic and Lexia Readable in quite a few of the tests. |
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While I agree that making forum posts in Comic Sans is bad netiquette I have to nitpick here:
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My best friend is dyslexic and he has set up his computer to use Comic Sans instead of the usual Windows UI font so clearly YMMV. |
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Ghod knows I've supplied computer support to enough dyslexic and autistic students to know that font choice is very individual. Anything from Arial to Helvetica to Open Dyslexic to Merriweather to whatever else the student finds easier to read. I find the blanket recommendation of any font for any person to be pretty useless since fonts choices tend to be personal and often the person can't explain why that font works better for them. Whatever works is the best way to go.
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Here you can read a request by a municipal councilor to abolish the comic font sans from all the acts of his municipality (Ferrara, in northern Italy).
It is in Italian but with the google translator it no longer matters. He is not wrong, I saw that font designed for comics in contracts, municipal resolutions and municipal regulations etc. https://www.leonardofiorentini.it/co...el-comic-sans/ Of course if a dyslexic can read it better than a more traditional font the situation is different. Last edited by ps67; 06-14-2020 at 04:02 AM. |
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The carved into stone writing I had in mind were the cliff inscriptions at Bisutun in Iran.
How about some Etruscan carved on travertine ==>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etrusc...di_Perugia.jpg BR |
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