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

[Edward Cherlin]

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Seth Woodworth <seth at laptop.org> wrote:
> If the material currently exists in a PDF that's fine.  But if at all
> possible an ebook should be in html, and a pdf should be converted into
> html.

Is that a documented decision or an opinion? I know of a number of
ebooks in PDF format in Sugar distributions, and none in HTML.

> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Diane Serley <olpc.aunti.mame at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> 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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