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blue_skies · 11-12-2015, 01:57 AM

I bought a Paperwhite 3 during the Prime sale. I have an old Kindle Keyboard and use the font size that is number 6 from the left, with the Sans Serif font. It looks really nice to me on the KK. The two larger fonts are huge though. There is a much larger jump between the 6th and 7th sizes and the 8th is really huge.

I thought the Paperwhite 3 was going to be so much easier to read with it's sharper text, but it turns out that the text sizes are just terrible for me. The font size #6 from the left is tiny compared to how it is on my KK, and #7 is just way too big - there's barely anything to read before I need to turn the page.

I realized that the change from the KK is probably just due to the higher resolution making the same font size display much smaller.

I was so happy to read this easy fix. I made up and tried several Font_Ramp files before I found one I love. The problem, of course, is that Amazon delivers formats other than AZW3. I had really been hoping I could just have my Kindle books delivered without having to fuss with them.

I got so excited when I tried downloading to USB and they were AZW3s... but then some ended up being AZW... which doesn't work with the FONT_RAMP.

I'm totally bummed that it's not consistent. Any idea why some are and some aren't? Does it have to do with publication date or something? Or the publisher vs self-published?

Is there any way to get only AZW3 format books delivered from Amazon? Is there a setting somewhere on my account that lets me choose the format delivered?

I may need to send the Paperwhite back. The screen is kind of blotchy anyway, and there are shadows at the bottom. I have a Boyue T62+ android eReader with a Carta screen, and it is perfect... so I was expecting the Paperwhite screen and frontlight to be as nice.

The font issue is just one more problem with the Paperwhite. I'm not impressed with the Bookerly font either, and really would prefer a "bold" option and the previous Sans Serif font.

11-12-2015, 01:57 AM	#163
blue_skies Evangelist Posts: 405 Karma: 1143880 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Ohio Device: Mobiscribe Wave B&W; Kindle Scribe; Boyue Mimas & 62+; KindleKeyboard	I bought a Paperwhite 3 during the Prime sale. I have an old Kindle Keyboard and use the font size that is number 6 from the left, with the Sans Serif font. It looks really nice to me on the KK. The two larger fonts are huge though. There is a much larger jump between the 6th and 7th sizes and the 8th is really huge. I thought the Paperwhite 3 was going to be so much easier to read with it's sharper text, but it turns out that the text sizes are just terrible for me. The font size #6 from the left is tiny compared to how it is on my KK, and #7 is just way too big - there's barely anything to read before I need to turn the page. I realized that the change from the KK is probably just due to the higher resolution making the same font size display much smaller. I was so happy to read this easy fix. I made up and tried several Font_Ramp files before I found one I love. The problem, of course, is that Amazon delivers formats other than AZW3. I had really been hoping I could just have my Kindle books delivered without having to fuss with them. I got so excited when I tried downloading to USB and they were AZW3s... but then some ended up being AZW... which doesn't work with the FONT_RAMP. I'm totally bummed that it's not consistent. Any idea why some are and some aren't? Does it have to do with publication date or something? Or the publisher vs self-published? Is there any way to get only AZW3 format books delivered from Amazon? Is there a setting somewhere on my account that lets me choose the format delivered? I may need to send the Paperwhite back. The screen is kind of blotchy anyway, and there are shadows at the bottom. I have a Boyue T62+ android eReader with a Carta screen, and it is perfect... so I was expecting the Paperwhite screen and frontlight to be as nice. The font issue is just one more problem with the Paperwhite. I'm not impressed with the Bookerly font either, and really would prefer a "bold" option and the previous Sans Serif font.