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Originally Posted by harryE123
I did try to read what you said, I just found it too technical and lost my interest along the way. Thanks for the reply though. So why would someone hack the kindle to add more fonts if the kindle has good rendering and enough available fonts? I don't understand.
btw, on that picture the kindle fonts are garbage, regardless of if I read your prior comments or not.
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None of the major companies make ebook readers with the ability to add fonts. You are stuck with the one or few fonts they place on the reader. Some of us can see and read other fonts better, and so we like to add them. For example, I added Arial Rounded MT Bold to my Kindle DX Graphite (see attachment). It renders very well on the Kindle. The font the guy added to his does not because it is a terribly made font.
The first screen capture is the font I added, the second is the default font included with the reader. Some really like the default font, whereas I personally like the font I added. It is merely a matter of personal preference and has nothing to do with whether the reader is a Kindle, a Sony, a Nook, or some other brand. I also modified my Sony Reader to have a more pleasing font. I've yet to be happy with the default font(s) on any reader, so that is why I hack the fonts. Unlike printed books where you are stuck with whatever font(s) the book was printed in, ebooks were designed to allow the reader to choose the fonts they desire, much like web browsers allow you to change the fonts. Unfortunately, most ebook reader manufacturers don't won't to give us a choice so they circumvent the ebook formatting capabilities.
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