PDF files on 505

[Mike's Place]

Originally Posted by alanine

Interesting, I wonder why they did this in the first place? kind of stupid if you ask me.

Well, when you choose a font for your documents you don't always assume that people will someday try to display it with only a couple bits of depth... unless I'm misunderstanding what you are saying. I think a lot of rich fonts are designed today with 8-bits of gray (256 grays - maybe someone more familiar w/ fonts can comment).

In any case you'll want to process pdf's with PDFLRF (see my post above). It really is amazing.

Have fun,

Mike

[alanine]

Originally Posted by Mike's Place

... unless I'm misunderstanding what you are saying.

What I meant is the gray-ish background when displaying every PDF. It seems to serve no purpose other than annoying PDF users because it apparently uses a white background for LRFs.

[linguist]

Originally Posted by alanine

What I meant is the gray-ish background when displaying every PDF. It seems to serve no purpose other than annoying PDF users because it apparently uses a white background for LRFs.

Yes, I fully agree. The background for PDFs is not entirely "white" (using the 505's definition of white) but is a little off-white, which does detract from the quality of the experience. You can see a faint line (around the border) between "PDF white" and "real white."

[balok]

Originally Posted by Mike's Place

In any case you'll want to process pdf's with PDFLRF (see my post above). It really is amazing.

I agree, pdflrf is the only tool I use for formatting pdf. Works especially well with google books. A letter size pdf is usable when you split it in half in landscape mode. Still anticipating a reader with a letter size (A4) screen.