Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Type Size, Publishing Realities [was: Stark House reprints - which

From: Karin Montin (kmontin@sympatico.ca)
Date: 10 Nov 2008

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    Hey, Kevin,

    I wear glasses and still hate small type! Also not keen on white on black electronic print, if you know what I mean.

    Karin

    At 05:47 AM 10/11/2008, Kevin Burton Smith wrote:
    >somedog wrote:
    >
    >> I agree, with my own Aging Eyes, that Small Type Face is a constant
    >> Frustration. (Esp, as so many of the Classic PBOs are in Tiny
    >> Font....I don't have a PICA tool handy, but I'm guessin' many are
    >> 8pt or less.)
    >
    >Of course, back then, people weren't quite as vain. They wore glasses
    >if they needed them.
    >
    >Consider the curiosity of an entire industry (the large print
    >industry, plus all those magnifying sheets and non-prescription
    >reading glasses you see in bookstores and drugstores and WalMart),
    >which exists largely so people won't have to wear glasses or go see an
    >eye doctor.
    >
    >And speaking of curiosity, what's with the Sporadic Weird
    >Capitalization? It's sorta annoying, like listening to someone whose
    >meds aren't quite working.
    >
    >If you Know WHAT I Mean...
    >
    >Kevin Burton Smith
    >www.thrillingdetective.com

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