[Sigia-l] Texts in e-book (Microsoft/Adobe Reader) format

[Listera]

"Jonathan Heron" wrote:

> reading on screen *is* slower and less comfortable than reading from good
> quality print on good quality stock.  The reason is twofold:
> 
> 1/ most screens do not have high refresh rates (eg 100Hz) and thus lead to
> eye strain

I was referring to LCDs. I haven't looked at a CRT in years. The future is
in non-CRT devices. So, going forward, this is not an issue, at all.
 
> 2/ monitor resolutions are much lower than print and thus cannot render
> characters with the clarity of print at small sizes.

Again, the point is, unlike printed material, you CAN enlarge text on a
monitor, so there's virtually NO reason to look at small-size text on a
monitor. I also haven't looked at aliased text in years either.

So arbitrarily enlarged, anti-aliased text on a flicker-free monitor doesn't
suffer from any of the print-based issues. For older or problematic eyes,
the difference is even greater.

I don't buy it; the future is in digital.

Best,

Ziya