06-28-2020, 04:36 PM | #16 |
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One of the top benefits of digital books is the ability of the reader being able to set fonts etc. in a way that makes their reading experience the best it can be. Users with vision issues are a prime example. There are a multitude of vision issues and a multitude of what works for those users.
What works for you may not work for me, and so on. Locking out user input is a mistake of the largest kind. It was that ability of the user, me, to make changes to the font face, size, and line spacing, that prompted me to try a Kindle in the first place. It is also what made me a convert to e-books. It gave reading back to me. Any author or publisher that opted to force their settings on me in a book is an author/publisher I would avoid. Especially if those settings couldn't be overruled using Calibre. |
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06-28-2020, 04:39 PM | #18 |
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Thinking what users want is less choice for said users and that all users want the same thing is another very common mistake. Also a very irritating one. And I'm sorry, but ebooks are not 30 years old and so you cannot have 30 years' experience in designing them.
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Interesting comments.
Design is more than 30 years old, I promise you. And yes, thank you, I have sold a lot of books. I shall leave you to your echo chamber. Unfortunately, you have tarnished the reputation of this forum. |
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If we tarnished this forum for the "users-are-stupid-and-we-know-better-what's-good for-them" designer wannabes like you seem to be, that can only be a good thing. There's nothing more annoying than that "my way or highway" stance and the less there is of it in this forum, the better.
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I am rather ignorant on this subject, but other than the first post, it sounds like the OP wants to set the Publisher default font to sans serif, which the user could than pick a different font if they so desired?
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06-28-2020, 06:30 PM | #24 |
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You are correct. John F.
It should be a simple matter of CSS, but I am getting variable results. |
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Why should a user have to redo customizations for every single book?
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Not every single book - a book.
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I either use publisher defaults and get what the book specifies, or I pick a font that I want? |
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That's the point exactly, John. Do you know how to set those defaults?
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My understanding of what the OP wants is that opening his book will automatically switch you to the Publisher Font no matter what you had selected previously. You would then have to switch back to your preferred font if you want to use that instead. |
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Yep, JH, that's it. Some text books really demand special formatting and I am trying to avoid embedded fonts as it is so problematic.
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