Viggen Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 The free Gutenberg Project, it is fantastic, but they don`t offer .pdf, so i created it my self.It prints out better, and it reads much easier on the screen itself, your feed back is appreciated.Ammianus MarcellinusThe Roman History of Ammianus MarcellinusAmmianus_Marcellinus.pdfApuleiusThe Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of MadauraApologia.pdfApiciusCookery and Dining in Imperial RomeAPICIUS.pdfCaesar, Julius"De Bello Gallico" and Other CommentariesCaesar.pdfCatullusThe Carmina of Caius Valerius CatullusCatullus_Carmina.pdfMarcus Tullius CiceroAcademicaciceroacademica.pdfMarcus Tullius CiceroCato Maior de Senectutecicerocatomaior.pdfMarcus Tullius CiceroHistory of famous Oratorscicerobrutus.pdfMarcus Tullius CiceroCicero`s Tusculan Disputationscicerotusculan.pdfMarcus Tullius CiceroDe Amicitia, Scipio's Dreamcicerodeamicitia.pdfMarcus Tullius CiceroThe Letters of Cicero, Volume 1cicerolettersvol1.pdfMarcus Tullius CiceroThe Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicerocicerotheorations.pdfMarcus Tullius CiceroTreatises on Friendship and Old Agecicerotreatises.pdfDio CassiusRoman History Vol 1 of 6diocassiusromevol1.pdfDio CassiusRoman History Vol 2 of 6diocassiusromevol2.pdfDio CassiusRoman History Vol 3 of 6diocassiusromevol3.pdfDio CassiusRoman History Vol 4 of 6diocassiusromevol4.pdfDio CassiusRoman History Vol 5 of 6diocassiusromevol5.pdfDio CassiusRoman History Vol 6 of 6diocassiusromevol6.pdfHoraceThe Art Of Poetryhoraceartofpoetry.pdfHoraceBook of Odes and Carmen Saecularehoraceodes.pdfHoraceBook of The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetryhoracebookofsatires.pdfFlavius JosephusThe Wars of the Jews or History of theDestruction of Jerusalem Book Iwarjews.pdf E.M. Berens Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome.pdf Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace your feed back is appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caesar novus Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 It prints out better and also for me it reads so much easier on the screen itself, i uploaded here now the first one, your feed back is appreciated. On one hand, your pdf looks so similar to the gutenburg original on my screen, that I wonder if you have some unfortunate settings on your browser that should be fine tuned. I have an eye affliction (hopefully temporary but quite long lasting) that makes me aggressively reset all the browser preferences. The defaults tend to be terrible; now I have them set up so online reading is better than the printed paper experience. Actually I keep 4 browsers set up for different tradeoffs (none of them IE, which I hate with a fury). One brand is set up with display options perfect for printing. Another brand is set up with all default options for the native experience. I almost never invoke those 2. I keep a 3rd and 4th browser active at all times. One is radically optimized for online readability comfort and bliss. But it looks so unlike the authors intentions (sometimes actually omits or distorts things), that I have another browser with a balance giving proper parsing and such, but with very significant alterations for readability. Of course font types and sizes are important. Not just aesthetics of a font type, but check the way they scale to various sizes which unfortunately varies. They make some preferences harder to discover with each generation of browser, but it can be benificial to really track them down. For instance, the typical convention of black fonts on white background is barbaric on a backlit screen. It makes sense on the printed (reflective) page, because then black blooms upon white. But when backlit, the white is so harsh and dominent that white blooms upon black and makes the font shapes harder to discern. On my super readable browser, I take advantage of the eyes inability to focus blue sharply and use pale blue for background instead of white. De-emphasizing the background makes the foreground appear sharper. etc etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggen Posted June 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 thanks for feedback, interesting never bothered with setting up my monitor, however having a 24 inch monitor i have every sentence extremely long the first one would be on the Gutenberpage; Of Ammianus Marcellinus, the writer of the following History, we know very little more than what can be collected from that portion of it which remains to us. From that source we learn that he was a native of Antioch, and on my created pdf Of Ammianus Marcellinus, the writer of the following History, we know very little more than I really struggle to follow and focus at such long winded sentences, so for me the convenience and readability is just so much better with the pdf, never mind the actual printing, if someone else finds it useful then the better cheers viggen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caesar novus Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 (edited) One advantage to PDF is it scales properly when you use "magnify" buttons (something like cntl+ or cntl-). Browser screens tend to scale html in distorted ways. But for just sentence length, html viewers can normally pinch their browser window into a narrow column by sliding the lower right corner of frame to the left, and sentences will reflow (maybe have to exit out of full screen mode). I keep several browsers overlapping like shingles side by side, but each at full height of the screen. It somehow seems very natural to keep a couple side by side browsers running in parallel - better than just tabs in each one. Reminds me of the seductive editing of 2 parallel threads in the reality TV series http://www.aetv.com/the_first_48/ where the slightest pause in action of one story lets you find instant gratification in the alternate story, and vice versa. Edited June 10, 2010 by caesar novus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggen Posted June 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 Here another classic,THE APOLOGIA AND FLORIDA OF APULEIUS OF MADAURA Apologia.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 I think it's a nice idea, Viggen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggen Posted June 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 I think it's a nice idea, Viggen. great! I keep them now on top of the post so they are all in one place and easy to spot and select......addedApiciusCookery and Dining in Imperial Rome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispina Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 I think it's a nice idea, Viggen. great! I keep them now on top of the post so they are all in one place and easy to spot and select......addedApiciusCookery and Dining in Imperial Rome Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggen Posted June 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 I think it's a nice idea, Viggen. great! I keep them now on top of the post so they are all in one place and easy to spot and select......addedApiciusCookery and Dining in Imperial Rome Thank you! You are welcome Crispina;addedCaesar, Julius"De Bello Gallico" and Other CommentariesCaesar.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispina Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 I think it's a nice idea, Viggen. great! I keep them now on top of the post so they are all in one place and easy to spot and select... ...added Apicius Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome APICIUS.pdf Thank you! You are welcome Crispina; added Caesar, Julius "De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries Caesar.pdf Wouldn't it be wonderful to attempt to re-create these recipes one by one, just like the heroine in "Julie and Julia"?- she cooking her way through Julia Child's French cookbook. What an adventure - even more of an adventure finding Apicius's ingredients! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggen Posted June 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 Wouldn't it be wonderful to attempt to re-create these recipes one by one, just like the heroine in "Julie and Julia"?- she cooking her way through Julia Child's French cookbook. What an adventure - even more of an adventure finding Apicius's ingredients! oh yeah, some of those recipies are doable but some ingredients are rather tricky to get hold of added Catullus The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus Catullus_Carmina.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggen Posted June 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 added Marcus Tullius Cicero Academica ciceroacademica.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggen Posted June 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 added several more works from Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero Cato Maior de Senectute cicerocatomaior.pdf Marcus Tullius Cicero History of famous Orators cicerobrutus.pdf Marcus Tullius Cicero Cicero`s Tusculan Disputations cicerotusculan.pdf Marcus Tullius Cicero De Amicitia, Scipio's Dream cicerodeamicitia.pdf Marcus Tullius Cicero The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 cicerolettersvol1.pdf Marcus Tullius Cicero The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero cicerotheorations.pdf Marcus Tullius Cicero Treatises on Friendship and Old Age cicerotreatises.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggen Posted June 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 added Dio Cassisus Rome Dio Cassius Roman History Vol 1 of 6 diocassiusromevol1.pdf Dio Cassius Roman History Vol 2 of 6 diocassiusromevol2.pdf Dio Cassius Roman History Vol 3 of 6 diocassiusromevol3.pdf Dio Cassius Roman History Vol 4 of 6 diocassiusromevol4.pdf Dio Cassius Roman History Vol 5 of 6 diocassiusromevol5.pdf Dio Cassius Roman History Vol 6 of 6 diocassiusromevol6.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggen Posted July 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 ...added Horace!HoraceThe Art Of PoetryHoraceBook of Odes and Carmen SaeculareHoraceBook of Odes and Carmen Saeculare horaceartofpoetry.pdf horaceodes.pdf horacebookofsatires.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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