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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I have this setting called "hyphenate." Full justification with no 'rivers of white.' 
(which, by the way is not limited to ebooks or small screens. I picked up a mmpb book off my shelf that had rivers of white that would put the worst non-hyphenating justification algorithm to shame) |
I didn't like those rivers in pBooks either - but there was nothing I could do about it. Now, I don't have to put up with the HORROR! lol
I don't care for hyphens. I can't see the point of breaking up words just to fill up space at the end of a line when I have an infinite number of lines and no need to conserve paper. The old days of professionally hand setting the type and figuring the precise amount of space between letters and words for a work to be considered "professional" just doesn't matter on an electronic medium. I'm not trying to take anything away from that profession... but it's just not something that I care to spend any time worrying about. When I get to the end of a line of evenly spaced words, having read a complete word, my eye just goes to the next line...if it ends at the bottom of the screen I swipe/tap/shake/wiggle/whistle (or whatever) to get the next screen... and repeat until I fall asleep, then wakeup and keep going!
Since everyone has their own preferences it's a good thing that there are devices/apps out there that allow the user to configure their own reading experience. I would recommend to anyone that has an older, or limited device, that doesn't have that functionality, to upgrade ASAP.
