Sentence examples for be read on screen from inspiring English sources

Words can be read on screen or printed out, but at present neither is very convenient.

Having described the painstaking process of casting the letters, numbers and symbols of traditional typefaces in metal, he explores the shift from printed to digital fonts, which are made on computers, and the efforts of Matthew Carter, Erik Spiekermann and other digital pioneers to create a new genre of typefaces to be read on screen, rather than in print.

Maybe it's easier to take a pass and conclude that "Riding the Bullet" is just a one-week wonder proving merely that people will always clamor for a brand-name product that is (largely) given away, especially if the book that must be read on screen is a scant 66 pages.

Users complete a 10-minute online assessment and receive tailored advice based on their answers, which can either be read on screen or downloaded as a PDF document.

Consumer demand for books to be read on screens remains largely theoretical.

Publishers and software companies are salivating over the prospects of new revenue from the sale of books to be read on screens.

The Random House Trade Group, one of the first publishers to announce the creation of a line of purely digital books last year, became the first to cancel that idea yesterday, quietly scuttling its AtRandom imprint in recognition of the scant consumer demand for books that can be read on screens.

"As we move forward, and books are going to be read on screens, which seems inevitable, for better for worse, it would be hard for literature to resist the temptation to become more visual," he said.

The best thing about the web and its instant way of recording what you're reading on screen at this very moment (clickety-click) is that it also provides a stark reality check.

Turning inked letters into electronic dots that can be read on a screen is simply the first essential step in creating this new library.

In this vision, the main advantage of the coming digital library is portability — the nifty translation of a book's full text into bits, which permits it to be read on a screen anywhere.