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tomsem · 02-27-2015, 12:17 PM

I cannot say the text 'looks darker' in LM than in other books. It stands to reason that the text is denser on the page because there isn't as much whitespace when hyphenation is in effect. But there's a way to check more precisely: take screen captures, load them into an image/photo editor, and compare pixels. I suppose that letters could be aligned on pixels differently in hyphenated vs non hyphenated modes, altering appearance, but I really would not expect that. I think it is just a 'perception' thing.

I will check on my HD7(2013) which I have at home. Note that there are 3 'HD7' models, 2012, 2013, and 2014. The latter two run the same (recently updated) FireOS version so I'd expect those to behave the same.

I realize some readers hate hyphenation, but wonder how they were ever able to enjoy reading books, magazines, newspapers in analog. Of course digital hyphenation historically has been poorly done, probably because there was not enough processing power to do it correctly. But we should be beyond that now.

Reading software based on Adobe RMSDK has done hyphenation for at least a couple of years now, and I don't seem to hear any complaints from ePub people, nor have I seen options to turn it off in the reading software. There is specific CSS to turn it off in webkit: http://www.pigsgourdsandwikis.com/20...ation-and.html
and in epub:
http://www.pagetoscreen.net/journal/...ve_for_hyphens

Don't know if those work here though.

02-27-2015, 12:17 PM	#46
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,968 Karma: 27060153 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	I cannot say the text 'looks darker' in LM than in other books. It stands to reason that the text is denser on the page because there isn't as much whitespace when hyphenation is in effect. But there's a way to check more precisely: take screen captures, load them into an image/photo editor, and compare pixels. I suppose that letters could be aligned on pixels differently in hyphenated vs non hyphenated modes, altering appearance, but I really would not expect that. I think it is just a 'perception' thing. I will check on my HD7(2013) which I have at home. Note that there are 3 'HD7' models, 2012, 2013, and 2014. The latter two run the same (recently updated) FireOS version so I'd expect those to behave the same. I realize some readers hate hyphenation, but wonder how they were ever able to enjoy reading books, magazines, newspapers in analog. Of course digital hyphenation historically has been poorly done, probably because there was not enough processing power to do it correctly. But we should be beyond that now. Reading software based on Adobe RMSDK has done hyphenation for at least a couple of years now, and I don't seem to hear any complaints from ePub people, nor have I seen options to turn it off in the reading software. There is specific CSS to turn it off in webkit: http://www.pigsgourdsandwikis.com/20...ation-and.html and in epub: http://www.pagetoscreen.net/journal/...ve_for_hyphens Don't know if those work here though.