02-27-2011, 09:02 PM | #1 |
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Solved - setting font size for optimum reading
I have been bothered by the huge jump in font sizes between zoom levels 1 and 2 on the Aluratek Libre. On ePubs zoom 1 displays 31 lines of text and zoom level 2 displays 23 lines (using the serif font). I would like a font size in between these two. Here are the number of text lines for each zoom level:
Zoom 1 - 31 Zoom 2 - 23 Zoom 3 - 20 Zoom 4 - 18 Zoom 5 - 15 Zoom 6 - 11 Zoom 7 - 9 I played around with changing the base font size in Calibre. I found that if I set the base font size to either 8 or 10 the number of lines of text per zoom level is as follows: Zoom 1 - 42 Zoom 2 - 31 Zoom 3 - 26 Zoom 4 - 24 Zoom 5 - 20 Zoom 6 - 15 Zoom 7 - 12 Whereas before there was only one step between 31 lines per page and 20 lines per page (zoom levels 1 - 3), by setting the base font size to either 8 or 10 you get two steps (zoom levels 2 through 5). I think this gives a more optimal range for choosing font sizes. Of course this requires using the Calibre software which rules out DRM protected ebooks. Last edited by PodPeople; 05-06-2011 at 04:34 PM. |
02-27-2011, 10:31 PM | #2 |
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Good thinking, thanks for posting your results.
You might want to post to the Calibre forum as well, but be sure to mention the devices it works for. Luck; Ken |
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02-28-2011, 09:30 AM | #3 |
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Thanks, Ken -- I cross posted this to the Conversions sub-forum of the Calibre forum.
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05-05-2011, 03:01 PM | #4 |
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