On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 01:54:29AM +0000, bearophile via Digitalmars-d wrote: > Walter Bright: > > >I've recently seen some academic research PDF's where the font is so > >small that even if I go full screen on them they are very hard to > >read. > > Some combinations of PDF readers and PDF files support reflow, so > later you can also increase the zoom. Another solution is to buy a > wider screen, now even wide ones are kind of cheap.
I don't like wide screens that much, actually. I still prefer 4x3 aspect ratio. I kinda agree with Nick that wide screens are more like half-height screens. :-P > >I don't get the reason for doing this. Are they trying to save paper > >or something? > > They are often trying to save paper. Some conferences (and sometimes > even some journals) set a maximum limit of pages for submitted papers. [...] You mean, they're trying to save on pages? I don't think the journal publisher necessarily cares about *paper* per se, but more about the cost of printing too many pages. T -- It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages. -- Henry Ford
