Re: PDFs for user-guide, accessibility-guide and system-admin-guide

[Sean Wheller <sean inwords co za>]

On Wednesday 08 March 2006 11:32, Emmanuel Pacaud wrote:
> I don't think PDF is well suited for on screen reading. Font rendering
> and glyph spacing make document harder to read than when it's in html.

PDF is every bit as readable as any other format. There is nothing to support 
this claim, except what may be each of our personal preferences.

>
> Other points against PDF is that HTML rendering is faster, and page
> layout of PDF files leaves a lot of unused space (page borders, space
> between pages) with no gain regarding readability.

I don't think PDF was meant to be generated on the fly. It certainly is one 
option for reading documentation. Speaking of printing, PDF will be better. 
So there are pros and cons to each aspect.

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