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Old 07-02-2015, 04:42 AM   #50
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Originally Posted by GERGE View Post
RMSDK was always the best until this update, but Kindle also has hyphenation, kerning and ligatures now. The difference is, they have better drop caps now. Drop caps aren't really important enough to create a substantial difference, but they could say that it is indeed better =)

As far as hyphenation goes, there is not much difference (I haven't noticed any) between Kobo 3.16 algorithm and new Kindle algorithm. Ligatures and kerning are type depended so we can't really make comparisons there.

PS. I don't own a Kindle, but I have tested in iOS app which I use extensively.
Amazon can say that their typography is better when they allow side-loaded fonts, font weight/sharpness tweaking and more granular control over font sizes, page margins and line spacing. Until that happens they will always be a distant second as far as typography goes in the eyes of the discerning reader.
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