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arspr · 11-02-2014, 03:22 PM

Hi, guys.

As you can read in my signature I've been a Sony and Kobo user, but just today my Aura HD has broken without evident cause.

I'm really fed up about Kobo and its "particularities" so, as it is the only current feasible Carta+FrontLight replacement, I'm considering buying a Paperwhite. I'm more or less a power user with Calibre and Apprentice You Know Its Name so I don't mind porting all my existing library from epub to azw3.

But I would like to ask some questions about Kindle devices:

Do they support embedded fonts? (In AZW3 I mean).
Do widows and orphans work in Kindles?
Are there known "oddities" about kindle behaviour I should know before buying?
Is pdf rendering and navigation more or less acceptable? (Without text reflow I mean).
Do Kindles support CBZ/CBR comics?
Could someone test this trick with <span> and white-space: nowrap; and check if it works in Kindles? (It works in my old Sony but it didn't work in the AuraHD epub renderer) You don't need to use it in Spanish books, just wrap some words with it and check if it is broken or not in several lines.

11-02-2014, 03:22 PM	#1
arspr Dead account. Bye Posts: 587 Karma: 668244 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: none	Some questions for a possible noob Kindle user Hi, guys. As you can read in my signature I've been a Sony and Kobo user, but just today my Aura HD has broken without evident cause. I'm really fed up about Kobo and its "particularities" so, as it is the only current feasible Carta+FrontLight replacement, I'm considering buying a Paperwhite. I'm more or less a power user with Calibre and Apprentice You Know Its Name so I don't mind porting all my existing library from epub to azw3. But I would like to ask some questions about Kindle devices: Do they support embedded fonts? (In AZW3 I mean). Do widows and orphans work in Kindles? Are there known "oddities" about kindle behaviour I should know before buying? Is pdf rendering and navigation more or less acceptable? (Without text reflow I mean). Do Kindles support CBZ/CBR comics? Could someone test this trick with <span> and white-space: nowrap; and check if it works in Kindles? (It works in my old Sony but it didn't work in the AuraHD epub renderer) You don't need to use it in Spanish books, just wrap some words with it and check if it is broken or not in several lines.