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Originally Posted by Nate the great
Or perhaps, as I wrote in the post, there are problems with the software?
I might not be able to convince you that I really can't see the difference but I can prove that Kobo's software is buggy.
I took a couple screenshots this morning. The books have all the same settings, same Kobo Nickel font, etc, and yet only the kepub was displayed correctly. The sideloaded ebook was shown with the wrong justification and wrong line spacing.
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Since we can clearly show that the formatting is wrong, and since we know that kepubs turn the page faster than sideloaded ebooks, are you really that certain that Kobo didn't also muck up the font rendering on sideloaded ebooks?
I think they got their ebook engine working great in time for launch, and are still working on the one for sideloaded ebooks.
And that's why I recommended waiting for Kobo to fix the software. |
Your screenshots should be redone not using Kobo Nickle. Kobo Nickle is a buggered font. So using it for your screen shots is not doing any good. Use Georgia if you really want to show off how things work. Also, don't use Kindle type settings. Try to show the Kobo in it's best light. Your screen shots look like they could be from Kindles. Not all of the built-in fonts are good and Kobo Nickle is one that's not good.
I use plain standard ePub with RMDSK and I have no issues with the formatting. I'm not saying there aren't things wrong with the Kobo firmware, but mosty issues can be overcome like the font issue in your screenshots. Can be overcome by choosing a better font.