04-26-2013, 06:18 PM | #616 |
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In my case my parents finally broke down and bought a TV to stop me reading... Did it work? Not at all!
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04-26-2013, 08:17 PM | #617 | |
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04-26-2013, 09:36 PM | #618 |
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That's kind of what I've been asking myself right now. The top of the page is so close to the top that you get a shadow over the first line of text from the bezel, but on the book I'm testing things with right now there's a variable 1/2" to 1" from the last line of text to the bottom of the screen that's just blank except for the page counter (which only takes one line).
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04-26-2013, 09:46 PM | #620 |
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That'll probably be fine for me personally in the long run, but right now I'm working on a review and a lot of the readers aren't the type who are going to want to have to tweak things (of course they also might not care about the space anyway). I'm actually probably fine with the top margin I'm getting it's just that things look extra out of whack because of the large bottom space and from what I'm reading from others even if the variable space bottom deal isn't an issue there's still a huge amount of space at the bottom (the pages counter only takes up one line).
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OK, I did widows and orphans set to zero and it's definitely better (got two more lines of text) than the variable space. Attached are before and afters of the same page (sorry for the cruddy pics). I assume the still pretty large space in the after pic is what I have to learn to live with?
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Being curious I selected two paper books at random and found one to be very uniform and the other to have very uneven bottom margins. gaaps of as much as 2 inches mid paragraph no less. I doubt I would have noticed if I was not looking for a particular reason. Anyway post us a link to your review when it is finished. Helen |
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I've tried all of the different fonts. I've increased the size up and down. Nothing is changing the size of that space. I like the page just the way it is for the most part, it's just that the big 'white space' is distracting me. Last edited by AnemicOak; 04-27-2013 at 03:00 AM. |
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04-27-2013, 05:55 AM | #629 |
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It is actually a rather minor thing. I would suggest setting that issue aside and trying to actually enjoy the device. (Well, the widow/orphan bit isn't so minor. But the extra space that's left open for the toolbar is.)
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Apart from permanent page display, which I want, I think Kobo reserve this area because of the highlighting function. When this is active, a menu is displayed and doesn't cover any of the text. That means that while using this function, all the text on the page is visible and can be selected. But, I do think Kobo could reduce the size of this area. My largish fingers need a bit of room for the icons, but reducing it by about a third should work. Quote:
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