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(Sorry for editing the message while you were replying, I'm not going to do that again).
Originally Posted by solarion View Post
Umm, I provided a screenshot? I provided glyph sizes? I've done most of what I can think of atm.
And what does a screenshot prove? Other than rendering with higher DPI results in higher font quality, which is common sense. What does this have to do with eyesight?
Originally Posted by solarion View Post
(and the "lower DPI" directly contradicts the claim you made when you brought in the DPI argument,. which was that I can't view full page PDF on a lower-DPI device, i.e. the EEE)
You're exaggerating (note I only mentioned smudginess, not that "you couldn't read"). But I think I'm finally starting to understand what you mean with "smudginess".

Please note DPI means two things here. A screen has a "real" DPI, basically "#pixels/#inchs". A font rendered also has a DPI setting, which instructs it how many pixels tall a X pt font will be. The real DPI of your eeePC 901 is lower than the N810. The font renderer DPI (let's call it "Evince's zoom") is higher in your 1024 screenshot than your 800 one.

The bigger question is whether I'm an anomaly
Sorry, but I have to say yes. You think the smudginess you see can be fixed by adding more pixels. Can you read a 8pt at the default 96dpi setting in the tablet? I hardly can.
Now try the same experiment on your eeePC.
 

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