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Originally Posted by Rizla
Also Amazon has removed the option to install custom fonts on the PW1/2. Shocking, IMO. Sure you can embed fonts, but that's a horrid clunge out of reach for the average user.
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AFAIK, the possibility to add fonts was never an option; it was a bug.
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Again, Amazon is reducing choice, even with their software choices. They are dumbing down e-readers.
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Kindle's are already among the dumbest e-readers around. The margin settings are useless, they only have six fonts, and the sizes below 3 or above 6 are almost unusable, except for people with stellar eyesight or the near-blind ones. If you need a size bigger than 6, you have a serious problem...
However, at the same time, the Kindle's are also the ones with that have the least software problems, and are among the best (maybe the best) supported by Calibre; you can set your own page counts, conversion to AZW is about perfect, and all of the Kindle's features work without any jacking around.
That cannot be said for Kobo's "we want our own format toohoo!" KEPUB. Both the EPUB and KEPUB renderers have one or more problems that I don't care for; either some features of the reader don't work (EPUB), or it renders in a way I don't like, wasting space in headers and footers (KEPUB).
In the end, if I compare e-readers, the Kindle is the best of the worst. The really good readers with loads of options are only available for tablets, which is the reason why I'd really *REALLY* like an Android e-ink tablet.