Increasing the font size when converting PDF

Anonymouslemming · 10-10-2009, 08:31 AM

Hi all,

I've got a technical book that I want to convert to LRF. I tried PDFLRF, but once this was complete, the font was unreadably small on my PRS-505. I tried using the magnify buttons as I normally would, but the font stayed small.

Is there any known solution to this issue ? I'm not attached to the LRF format - I'm happy to shift this to anything that my reader can read.

bernardpar · 10-31-2009, 05:35 PM

hi

I have got the same problem.

neilmarr · 11-01-2009, 04:30 AM

And me. N

ccowie · 05-26-2010, 05:50 PM

Okay, this is going to sound strange. I have had some success converting PDFs in Calibre, not directly to LRF. First convert the PDF file to LIT. Then delete the PDF file. Then convert the LIT to LRF. It's not always perfect, but most of the sentence and paragraph structure is okay and it fixes the pagination problems and permits one to up the font size on the 505.

Pranananda · 05-28-2010, 04:39 AM

You might want to check out pdfreflow in the PDF forum. There is a GUI with installer for Windows, and for other platforms you get a java GUI (but no installer). It converts PDF to HTML, reflowing the paragraphs of text based PDF (though it doesn't support images). But it does normalize all the fonts, so they aren't so tiny.

Once you get a decent HTML document, you can use Calibre to create an epub or LRF.

10-10-2009, 08:31 AM	#1
Anonymouslemming Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505	Increasing the font size when converting PDF Hi all, I've got a technical book that I want to convert to LRF. I tried PDFLRF, but once this was complete, the font was unreadably small on my PRS-505. I tried using the magnify buttons as I normally would, but the font stayed small. Is there any known solution to this issue ? I'm not attached to the LRF format - I'm happy to shift this to anything that my reader can read.

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10-31-2009, 05:35 PM	#2
bernardpar Member Posts: 17 Karma: 2154 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: hx4700	hi I have got the same problem.

11-01-2009, 04:30 AM	#3
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	And me. N

05-26-2010, 05:50 PM	#4
ccowie Hiding with an ereader Posts: 391 Karma: 3987376 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Kitchener Ontario Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Sony PRS 950, Ipad 2, PRS 350	Okay, this is going to sound strange. I have had some success converting PDFs in Calibre, not directly to LRF. First convert the PDF file to LIT. Then delete the PDF file. Then convert the LIT to LRF. It's not always perfect, but most of the sentence and paragraph structure is okay and it fixes the pagination problems and permits one to up the font size on the 505.

05-28-2010, 04:39 AM	#5
Pranananda Connoisseur Posts: 98 Karma: 122982 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Humboldt County, California Device: ipad, iPod touch, JetBook Lite	You might want to check out pdfreflow in the PDF forum. There is a GUI with installer for Windows, and for other platforms you get a java GUI (but no installer). It converts PDF to HTML, reflowing the paragraphs of text based PDF (though it doesn't support images). But it does normalize all the fonts, so they aren't so tiny. Once you get a decent HTML document, you can use Calibre to create an epub or LRF.