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Old 10-14-2011, 10:53 AM   #653
jswinden
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Originally Posted by Blossom View Post
I have to say after two days of heavy use...I now love my K4!
The font plugin and the modified amasis font I am now using has me on cloud 9! The K4 is so light and small and I can read for hours without my arms cramping. I love the navigation on the K4, always one thing I have liked about it. It's faster and getting to the dictionary is quicker now.

I do have an issue with the right page button being stiff but the left side I can turn with my thumb with no problems. I am hoping the right one will loosen after more use. I've already nearly dropped it twice tonight out of my hand trying turn the page on the right with my thumb.

I just had to get over my first impressions and disappointment with the screen contrast. It's just I've come to depend on Amazon to roll out top notch stuff but the K4 is a budget reader but a good one. It doesn't feel flimsy and seems solid. It meets my reading needs just fine with a few modifications and for $79 I don't mind doing that to make myself happy with my purchase.

I love that I can leave WiFi on at all times and the battery doesn't budge much at all. I love I no longer have to deal with the personal documents waiting messages that 3G gives.

My only complaints on the K4 is the contrast which is now fixed for me. In fact I'm now going to have to put the same font on the K3 because Caecilia looks so scrawny to me now. The page turn buttons could of been made easier to push by reversing them but other then that the K4 is a great little basic reader.

I think you wont hear me moaning anymore. I still don't know on the Kindle Touch but for now I am happy with my K4 now I've changed the font.
Hi Blossom, I'm glad it is working out for you! I'm always looking for better fonts too. Will you please make a screen capture from your K4 with the Amasis font set on size 3 or 4 and attached it to a post. I would like to see it. Like you, I would very much like to get my hands on the Kindle Condensed font and use only the Bold and BoldItalic, but I've never been able to find it. I think it was specifically done by Amazon for the Kindles and they don't want to publish it for other manufacturers to use. Currently I'm using the following combination to get as close as I can to:

Code:
STYLE       FONT NAME                   CUSTOM NAME FOR K4
Regular:    Lexia DaMa Bold:            CSLexiaDaMa-Regular.ttf
Italic:     Lexia DaMa BoldItalic:      CSLexiaDaMa-Italic.ttf
Bold:       Caecilia Heavy Bold:        CSLexiaDaMa-Bold.ttf
BoldItalic: Caecilia Heavy BoldItalic:  CSLexiaDaMa-BoldItalic.ttf
All the styles are bold but the Caecila Heavy is bolder and thus stands out a bit more, but not as well as I would like. I'm still experimenting.
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Last edited by jswinden; 10-14-2011 at 10:59 AM.
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