I hate to be a fuddy-duddy....
.... but, Amazon could have done sooo much better than just releasing a new font that will take forever before people can USE it.
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A new font, Bookerly, and a totally new layout engine have made reading a Kindle e-book more like print than ever.
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They just don't get it... I don't want an ebook to look like a print book... make them look like GOOD ebooks!
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According to Amazon's internal tests, that means it's about 2% easier on the eye. That may seem like a small improvement, but spread that 2% across millions of Kindle users and billions of pages of e-reading, and it all starts to add up.
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Ummm...noooo.... A 2% increase in the "easier on the eye" quotient over 50 pages does NOT make it 100% easier...nor do billions of pages read make it so we don't have to read at all and absorb the book through osmosis... It's just 2%.
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Even if you max out the font size on the new Kindle app, it will keep the spacing between words even, intelligently hyphenating words and spreading them between lines as need may be.
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I'll give this one a "meh". I know many people like to have a good hyphenation algorithm and are happy to get this, but there is no need for hyphenation in an ebook - except for those who are stuck in the "ebooks must look like old pbooks" mentality. There is no need for full justification to make a "professional" look. Especially when this creates rivers of whitespace on smaller screens. Yes, good hyphenation will break words at the end of the line, but I don't need to conserve paper in an ebook! When I get to the end of a full word and there aren't any more words, my eye goes to the next line where there are more full words!!
Yes, I know people may actually like hyphens, that's why I gave it a "meh". edit: And according to the picture in the article, there is no way to turn OFF that feature??
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Amazon needs to reprocess each book in their Kindle catalog to support the feature. They're currently working through an extensive backlog, so if you don't see any improvement, re-download your book, or try again later.
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Really....exactly how many books do they have to "reprocess" before I get to use it?? Then I have to download ALL my books again??? ...nope.
So, over all thought about this.... No biggie.
Cheers,