Doctors and researchers note that in most instances, paper can offer more visual sophistication than a screen. But certain types of paper, including inexpensive newsprint and the paper in softcover books, can actually provide an inferior reading experience for our eyes than the electronic alternatives.If only these e-versus-paper decisions didn't keep getting harder.
2.17.2010
Anything but the eyestrain
Good Lord, please no eyestrain! Alas, the screen-versus-paper debate gets more complicated:
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"The paper in softcover books"? Like, ALL PAPERBACKS? The world has gone mad, I tell you.
ReplyDeleteHey, does anyone know if the font in e-versions of a book is always (or ever) the same as the font in the hard copy? Font nerds who don't own e-readers want to know.