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I also dropped by BN for a look. I brought my old trusty NST with me. Sitting each reader side by side, it really hit me how dark and thick the fonts are in the NST. No wonder the Glowlight text seemed so light and foreign to me. I hadn't brought my NST for those tests. Not only is the text much darker, but so is the background. The lighter and sleeker look is a little strange to me but I'm sure it's a matter of adjustment. Once I was conscious of the difference, I could see how the text is sharper in the GL Plus. The lighting looked even.
The font selection is still pretty limited but far different from the NST offerings. I think the only font they have in common is Malabar. I set both readers to Malabar. The font size selection is an improvement over the NST. Where the NST has a range of 7 sizes, the GL Plus has 10 (I think...I counted as I went up and down the range).
The biggest downer though is the dictionary. Obviously, I didn't have time to really check out the content of it but the font size is tiny! If you're using an e-reader because you need the bigger font size, the tiny font size of the GL Plus' dictionary is really disappointing. For me, it's a comfort issue--likely I can tolerate it for the few seconds it takes to read a definition. But if you really do have a visual disability, the GL Plus' dictionary may be useless to you. Is there a way to fix this issue (aside from ditching BN system).
The dictionary is a barrier but I'm still considering the GL Plus. I'll probably wait to see if there will be a Black Friday deal.
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