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jswinden · 10-07-2013, 01:50 PM

I suspect the extra layer of material to give it a light has degraded our view of the fonts. The Touch (and all earlier Kindles) don't have that extra layer of plastic sitting on top of the eInk screen like the PW1 and PW2. Any time you put another layer of plastic or glass on top of an eInk screen, it will degrade the view of the eInk screen at least a little bit because no layer can EVER be perfectly transparent. The screen resolution of the older Kindles (including the Touch) are different from the PWs, and that might also affect how the fonts are rendered. Higher resolution does not necessarily translate into higher contrast and darker fonts.

10-07-2013, 01:50 PM	#791
jswinden Nameless Being	I suspect the extra layer of material to give it a light has degraded our view of the fonts. The Touch (and all earlier Kindles) don't have that extra layer of plastic sitting on top of the eInk screen like the PW1 and PW2. Any time you put another layer of plastic or glass on top of an eInk screen, it will degrade the view of the eInk screen at least a little bit because no layer can EVER be perfectly transparent. The screen resolution of the older Kindles (including the Touch) are different from the PWs, and that might also affect how the fonts are rendered. Higher resolution does not necessarily translate into higher contrast and darker fonts.