[OLPC library] Preferred font size for ebooks on the XO?

[Diane Serley]

This works if the page is HTML, but not if its a PDF, etc. Or should all
e-books should be HTML/XML? There's nothing that explains what
standards/type/format to use to create e-book collections.

Diane

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 1:41 AM, Seth Woodworth <seth at laptop.org> wrote:

> Fonts should be unformatted and in HTML, that way they are:
>
> a) Reusuable
> b) Extensible and the formatting can be viewed via View-source
> c) Fonts can be set by the user ala about:config
> d) Reflowed on screen rotation
>
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 7:38 PM, Mel Chua <mel at melchua.com> wrote:
>
>> Diane asked a great question today that I didn't know the answer to:
>>
>> Is there a preferred/recommended font size (or for that matter, font and
>> formatting) for ebooks being packaged for the XO? She's converting some
>> public domain stuff for the library, and wants to have the optimal
>> reading ratio if possible.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -a curious mel
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