Typography on the iPad
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Typography on the iPad
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Re: Typography on the iPad
#2An interesting read, imo.
Via MacStories http://www.macstories.net/ipad/the-ipad-from-a-typographer-p...
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#3Although it's probably not the author's fault the typesetting of the article is dreadful too. Because of this the article seems less authoritative.
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#4Reminds me of the Stanford address where Jobs claims that computers may not have had typography if he'd not done a calligraphy course.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc
I'm sure the Parc guys that founded Adobe would beg to differ.
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#5Although it's probably not the author's fault the typesetting of the article is dreadful too. Because of this the article seems less authoritative.
How so?
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#6Typographers are an interesting breed, I would have never noticed any of these details. But they make a big difference rather surprised apple isn't interested in this area anymore
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#7It still baffles me that people want to read books on the iPad in first place.
Reading on a backlit screen is well known to tire your eyes very quickly, due to the low resolution and (afaik) because the eyes' Rhodopsin depletes faster while staring into a light source.
I have heard people arguing that we spend half our days in front of a computer-screen anyways, but that is a different kind of usage. During computer use the eye is mostly scanning and rarely reading chunks of text longer than a page at once. Book reading is a different story, as anyone who has tried to do that on a backlit screen can confirm.
Consequently this argument about (Book-)typography misses the point for me. If you want a good reading experience then get an e-ink device or stick with paper. Even the best font can only marginally reduce the inherent problems with staring a backlit screen for extended periods of time...
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#8It still baffles me that people want to read books on the iPad in first place. Reading on a backlit screen is well known to tire your eyes very quickly, due to the low resolution and (afaik) because the eyes' Rhodopsin depletes faster while staring into a light source. I have heard people arguing that we spend half our days in front of a computer-screen anyways, but that is a different kind of usage. During computer…
Sir, I heartily recommend that you avoid making biological claims that you clearly understand only dimly.
In any event, I have read numerous books and publications on my led backlit monitor for my laptop and not experienced significant eyestrain. The amount of eyestrain I feel is roughly analogous to reading in similar environments.
Modern display technology has come a long way from the days of CRTs. I think this complaint is weak at best and unfounded at worst.
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#9Although it's probably not the author's fault the typesetting of the article is dreadful too. Because of this the article seems less authoritative.
How so?
Reading the text is made difficult by the spacing used. The paragraph headings for instance just look like bold text and could be spaced better to allow them to be found in the page. The ragged right edge is too ragged and makes the text difficult to read.
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#10It still baffles me that people want to read books on the iPad in first place. Reading on a backlit screen is well known to tire your eyes very quickly, due to the low resolution and (afaik) because the eyes' Rhodopsin depletes faster while staring into a light source. I have heard people arguing that we spend half our days in front of a computer-screen anyways, but that is a different kind of usage. During computer…
Sir, I heartily recommend that you avoid making biological claims that you clearly understand only dimly. In any event, I have read numerous books and publications on my led backlit monitor for my laptop and not experienced significant eyestrain. The amount of eyestrain I feel is roughly analogous to reading in similar environments. Modern display technology has come a long way from the days of CRTs. I think this com…