4 Apr
2022
4 Apr
'22
10:26 p.m.
On 4/4/22 17:12, Karl Semich wrote:
Regarding alternatives to PDF, a clear format is plaintext. This is easier to read and trust from a text-only environment, and can be smaller and easier to transfer. There are tools to convert pdfs or epubs to plaintext, but often the output needs a lot of hand-massaging to look nice.
It is difficult to include illustrations, diagrams, etc in plain text. At best, it's an alternative for only the simplest of texts where formatting, page numbers, font selection, etc are not as important as the text itself. Maybe I should have asked, instead: what's wrong with PDF? What makes something like (for example) DJVU so much better? -- Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn@rushpost.com>