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by dnesteruk 4484 days ago
Nice title, lousy default-width typesetting; nobody has an e-reader that will fit this, and it would look equally bad in print. Also, it's 'formulae' not 'formulas'.
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I know. This isn't the final version, actually the width will stay the same but the paper size will be 5.5in x 8.5 in (half of letter size).

For the eBook, I'm targeting tablets mostly (see http://cnd.mcgill.ca/~ivan/miniref/noBSmath_preview.pdf ), but this is not ideal for smaller screens.

I have a kindle forma as a work in progress, but it's not idea as some equations really need a wider screen, so not sure how to break them up...

Long term, I'll have to figure out how to generate clean epub with math as images (I would prefer MathJax, but not all ebook readers support js). That should fix the small screen format.

Thx for your feedback!