pdf or epub ? what are good points and bad points ?

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shokin
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A rejoint: 03/01/2013

Hello,

I often download pdf files about many topics.

It seems that some people prefer the epub format. Why ?

What are the reasons to prefer epub rather than pdf ?
What are the reasons to prefer pdf rather than epub ?

Thank you in advance for your answers.

Michał Masłowski

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A rejoint: 05/15/2010

> What are the reasons to prefer epub rather than pdf ?

Readable text on screens of various size.

> What are the reasons to prefer pdf rather than epub ?

Printing or complex layout. It also looks the same with all reader
programs (except for ones not supporting embedded fonts or old Adobe
programs).

EPUB is HTML with additional metadata, it's great for simple texts (like
most fiction works that I know) that can be optimally split into lines
for the specific screen size used (and text size preferred by the
reader).

PDF describes specific positions of glyphs (of specific fonts) on the
physically sized page. It's difficult to read it e.g. on a phone screen
(needs much horizontal scrolling or has too small characters), while it
can represent specific layout for e.g. mathematics or advertising texts.

roboq6
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A rejoint: 05/03/2013

How about FB2? It is very good format, IMHO. You can easily convert many formats of documents to FB2.
And FB2 can be easily converted to PDF, EPUB, etc.
FB2 have text structure, you can read FB2 without any special software.

FB2 is very popular in exUSSR countries.

shokin
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A rejoint: 03/01/2013

Thank you for your answers.

I think I will stay with pdf, and because I am learning now how to make tex files (learning LaTeX language).

I use no iPhone or any mobile phone like it.

I didn't know FB2.

FB2 or PDF ? ^^

roboq6
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A rejoint: 05/03/2013

1.FB2 is an open file format
2.FB2 consume less CPU time.

GustavoCM

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A rejoint: 11/20/2012

shokin, you probably would be interested in http://txt2tags.org , a very simple and flexible meta-markup language (or sth. like this) which can be (powerful and) sistematically converted into other markup languages, including (La)TeX :-)

shokin
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A rejoint: 03/01/2013

Thank you, I installed it and will try.

roboq6
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A rejoint: 05/03/2013

Are you addressing me or Gustavo?

shokin
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A rejoint: 03/01/2013

Both. I tried both (FB2 and txt2).

roboq6
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A rejoint: 05/03/2013

What are you choose and why?

ssdclickofdeath
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A rejoint: 05/18/2013

Is EPUB a free format?

akirashinigami

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A rejoint: 02/25/2010

EPUB is essentially just HTML, so yes.