<story><title>Burgr – Books in Your Terminal</title><url>https://blubsblog.bearblog.dev/burgr-books-in-your-terminal/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>imiric</author><text>This is neat, but why would you want to read books in a monospaced font? Proportional and serif fonts exist for a reason: they make long paragraphs of text more pleasant to read. Words can be better identified by their shape, which makes them easier to distinguish at a glance.&lt;p&gt;I suppose you could have a separate terminal configuration with a different font for this app, but standalone reader apps or, better yet, e-ink devices, do a much better job of making text easier to read for long periods of time.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sw104</author><text>Wholly agree, but to each their own.&lt;p&gt;I, and many people, just don&amp;#x27;t want to read a book in monospaced font, sat at a desk with a desktop PC&amp;#x2F;laptop.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;d take a Kindle&amp;#x2F;e-reader over that setup any day. I can read in bed, on a bench outside, in 10&amp;#x2F;15 minute gaps throughout the day, can make a 2 hour train&amp;#x2F;bus ride fly past. The most pleasant of all is sitting under a tree on a spring&amp;#x2F;summer day.&lt;p&gt;Neat project nonetheless. Any reading is better than no reading.</text></comment>
<story><title>Burgr – Books in Your Terminal</title><url>https://blubsblog.bearblog.dev/burgr-books-in-your-terminal/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>imiric</author><text>This is neat, but why would you want to read books in a monospaced font? Proportional and serif fonts exist for a reason: they make long paragraphs of text more pleasant to read. Words can be better identified by their shape, which makes them easier to distinguish at a glance.&lt;p&gt;I suppose you could have a separate terminal configuration with a different font for this app, but standalone reader apps or, better yet, e-ink devices, do a much better job of making text easier to read for long periods of time.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>zozbot234</author><text>We are still quite far from having truly &amp;quot;pleasant to read&amp;quot; long-form text in our computers or browsers.  Real typesetting programs use optimized line setting and micro-adjustments in typography to make long stretches of text a bit easier on the eyes, but there&amp;#x27;s no support for this either in browsers or in most word processors intended for basic office use.</text></comment>