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Old 09-24-2013, 04:16 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by RobertJSawyer View Post
Kobo's "Typegenius" feature (accessible if you select "Advanced" next to a font name) lets you adjust "Weight" and "Sharpness."

I get what "Weight" does -- it makes the characters bolder -- and can clearly see the difference as I adjust the slider.

But I don't understand what "Sharpness" does. I can't see a visible difference on my Kobo Glo (although I have aging eyes, so that shouldn't be taken to mean that there is no difference). What, precisely, does Sharpness adjust? What does it change on a per-pixel basis?

Thanks!
I was just playing around with the settings on My Aura HD and notice that the text seems to shift a bit when playing with the sharpness.. So it looks to me that the text is smoothed out on the edges(?) making it appear to be more crisp. Then again I could be entirely wrong as I cant seem to find any resources on the net that explain it at all.

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