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Old 02-05-2016, 03:25 PM   #194
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Originally Posted by rashkae View Post
It didn't occur to me to check Helvetica until I saw that post on slashdot. That is *really* bad. I never liked it, but it's gone from being one of the easiest to read fonts on the Kindle to one of the worst.

Amazon doesn't even use it it for their system font anymore. Look at the Sans fonts on the home page, and when reading the dictionary. Notice the shape of the 'a'. That's neither Helvetica nor Futura, but a new Sans font not even accessible from the font menu!

But silver lining and all that. Maybe all this negative publicity over the state of Kindle font rendering will finally prompt Amazon to do something about it!
What "fiaco" and negative publicity are you talking about? (did you mean "fiasco"?)

Can you link to the post on Slashdot that you're talking about, please?

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