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Originally Posted by tomsem
In fairness, ebook readers have pretty wimpy CPUs, in order to avoid draining the battery. InDesign and TeX don't have to worry about such constraints. So a full-blown solution is probably not feasible on today's ereaders.
Did you know Amazon has a typography team in Cupertino, where Kindle is developed? There's a current job listing for someone to manage it. Hope they get someone good...
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I don't buy this as an excuse. The Kindle has a 532mhz CPU. Quark and InDesign have been around for years (in Quark's case, decades) running on lesser processors. It doesn't require a metric ton of processing power to load in a set of rules on where text goes.
The problem is that Amazon: a) Has no such engine b) Doesn't know good typographic principles c) Doesn't deem it a priority d) A combination of all three.