Frustrated with tiny type size but too vain/proud/embarrassed to head for the Large Print section of the bookstore? Seems publishers are taking notice that a huge segment of the book-buying public requires a bit of a change as it gets older, as reported today in the New York Times. They're experimenting with increasing the size of the standard mass paperback (the pocketbook-sized ones, not the larger trade paperbacks which are already easier on the eyes) - making them a bit taller and allowing for larger type-face and more line spacing. Voila! Much easier for people of "a certain age" to read, thank you very much.
Now, if they could just do something about the .01 font size in phone books . . .
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