Genevieve's Journeys

...I now have downloaded more 19th c books than I can likely read in a lifetime of commuting.

I'm intrigued by the iBook tools, that allow you to select from 4 very closely related serif fonts for reading, as well as a white background, off-white (like old paper) and black with white text).

These tools don't work equally well for all publications; possibly only work w/ the crack dealer's offer those items from the Apple shop, rather than just any e-book.

The archive.org PDF copy of 'Last of the Mohicans' doesn't benefit from them.

To me the interesting part is imitating the typeface of print. In user research, research showed that

• people reading computer screens understand more if the text is in sans serif font, w/ serif fonts for headers


• people reading paper copy understand more if the text is in serif font, with sans serif for headers

It appears that this was possibly a screen resolution issue, rather than a human-being issue; something I hadn't considered.

With better resolution (even for small screens) you could read something in serif fonts, and not get eyestrain.

Still trying to master the tapping skills required to turn pages, and not accidentally select text.

My Logitech 2 button and wheel mouse is on its last little rollerball.
It's done great service, but needs replacing.
Robert could also use one, which would stop him 'borrowing' mine.
Does anyone have a spare lying about, that you're not using?
Doesn't have to be in mint condition, just in better shape than mine.
Thought I'd check here before shopping...