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Old 02-05-2015, 11:45 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by Hitch View Post
Yes...I see that fairly often. Folks think that a font (for example, Adobe Palatino) is lovely in print, but it's FAAAAAAAAAAR too light for e-ink. I suspect you're right, whomever made it didn't have a real device.

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I just took a look at The Martian in ADE on my Surface Pro 2 and FreeSans and FreeSerif are not too bad. But FreeMon is still way too light. On eInk, I had trouble reading FreeMono with the front light on.

Using LCD to view a font is in no way a proper substitute to viewing on an eInk screen. I do thinkt hat these days, it would be prudent to have different devices because of the different screens to test the eBooks.
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