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God do I hate small print. Its not hard to make it legible, and I dont see its advantage in 95% of cases. Most books dont need to be that small/efficient IMO!
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Sometimes small and compacted print can be difficult to read. Lately I've been reading
my books in PDF form on kindle, so I can adjust the print to a size that I can read and
am comfortable with.
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yes , it does !!
Printing style , size & pattern affects reader's mood a lot
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Yes, I've had to read a book or two like this before and all I took away from the experience was a headache and sore neck.
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Yes, I find very small print discouraging, but if the book is really good, I can manage. One thing I love about my Nook is the ability to enlarge the print - then I can read without my glasses!

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Small print is irritating and yes it discourages me from reading the book.
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It tires me out more quickly and sometimes I get a headache afterwards as a result of all the eye exertion.
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No, it doesn't discourage me from reading the book in the long run but perhaps it may deter me from starting it first over one that I know I can finish faster — with a busy schedule, sadly I'm pulled towards the faster read.
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Post by GabbiV »

The first time I opened George RR Martin's paperback The Game of Thrones, I was struck by how small the print was and how thin the paper felt (like onion skin). This only made me excited because that meant that I got to read more for the size of the book.
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I don't care about the size of the book font. I will read whatever books I come across.
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Yes, in my opinion small and cramped prints often ruin perfectly good books, in the sense that people tend to avoid them. As for me, I will always prefer a book which makes the reading process easier.
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Oh yes it does, I am shorts sighted and it hurts when I stare even with my glasses on, so I try to avoid them unless the book is so good and I can't help it. Then I suffer the consequence.
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I used to not even notice the size of the print. But my eye sight started to weaken several years ago and small print was very discouraging. Even with reading glasses it was an issue and I started to put of reading altogether. But Kindle solved that problem because now I can make the font bigger. S'o, I'm back to my normal reading patterns.
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Yes. I have a strong glasses prescription and get eyestrain and migraines quite easily, so reading tiny, squished together print is very taxing. If it's a book I'm very compelled to try out, I'll look for a large print copy. If I can't find a better-formatted copy, though, I'll pass on reading it.
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Post by NSehra »

Yes it does but so does large prints..
It needs to be the right font size 😋
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