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Originally Posted by hawhill
Maybe - development is driven only by motivation. I know that not everyone is a programmer, but those who are, I encourage to take a look: It's easy to contribute!
That said, a few words on the two issues you raised:
- TypeGenius: I've seen that for the first time now. You're missing it on an e-ink screen? I think I need to compare a few screenshots to see what it does on a technical level. That one should not be too hard (but still considerable work, so don't hold your breath), since I think there's some groundwork already within the freetype font rendering engine that we're using (and I bet that's what the Kobo software is using, too).
- Hyphenation: Well, when there are good free hyphenation dictionaries, we certainly like to include them in the distribution! Can you give pointers? I think they'd be welcome for CoolReader, too.
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As I understand it ( in other words, what I've read, not something I've worked on) freetype 2 can both work with a font's hinting and apply a process to generate some on it's own. "The open-source FreeType 2 font rendering engine uses an auto-hinter when such hinting data are not present..." There is also some antialiasing applied, I think.
How are the Weight and Sharpness adjustments of TypeGenius any different/superior to those adjustments in KOreader? It may only take some adjustments to the FreeType renderer to meet your needs. One thing to keep in mind though, is that the font itself normally needs the hinting included, if the best results are to be achieved. Kobo's TypeGenius works with Kobo supplied fonts.
KOreader has the ability to use hyphenation dictionaries, which is probably the biggest step. Finding a better un-copyrighted hyphenation dictionary, is what would be needed.
Luck;
Ken
P.S.; On the screensaver front; the suspend to book cover image seems to work with .epub but if I turn that off trying to suspend puts me back in the KSM menu. (So I'll double check the default image file and the path to it.) I moved the image file and changed the path, and it no longer crashes on suspend. Now in a .pdb file with or without the use the cover set all I get is the Suspended message. So everything before that must have failed, don't see why yet.