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johndoesecond · 11-20-2013, 03:04 PM

I own a Paperwhite 2 and noticed one curious behaviour on it.

When flipping to another page, the fonts for a very brief (very brief!) moment appear bolder and, it seems to me, more contrasted, but then they turn less contrasted.

This is particularly noticeable with smaller fonts (especially serif, especially especially when the book uses publisher-embedded serif fonts you cannot change).

My assumption is it has to do with some kind of (software) anti-aliasing or font-"enhancement" algorithm that runs at every page flip.

And it just makes me think that the technology therein might in principle allow even better contrast, but that Amazon somehow spoiled it.

Has anyone else noticed this? Did the developers here have chance to find ways to tinker with this font post-processing?

11-20-2013, 03:04 PM	#1
johndoesecond Connoisseur Posts: 55 Karma: 2000 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Kindle DX, Kindle 4, Kindle PW2	Is Paperwhite un-contrasting fonts? I own a Paperwhite 2 and noticed one curious behaviour on it. When flipping to another page, the fonts for a very brief (very brief!) moment appear bolder and, it seems to me, more contrasted, but then they turn less contrasted. This is particularly noticeable with smaller fonts (especially serif, especially especially when the book uses publisher-embedded serif fonts you cannot change). My assumption is it has to do with some kind of (software) anti-aliasing or font-"enhancement" algorithm that runs at every page flip. And it just makes me think that the technology therein might in principle allow even better contrast, but that Amazon somehow spoiled it. Has anyone else noticed this? Did the developers here have chance to find ways to tinker with this font post-processing? Last edited by johndoesecond; 11-20-2013 at 03:07 PM.