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Old 12-08-2016, 05:36 PM   #96
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I don't think Ember Bold is that bad. I prefer Bookerly and Ember Bold is bolder than I really like, but I'd be happy enough if it was my only choice. I'm glad it's not though.

I think the reason Amazon didn't make a bold font for so long was probably lack of demand. I'm sure they saw a few people asking for it here and there but probably not enough to make it seem worthwhile. And then a few people, David Rothman notable among them, who associated bold with accessibility and that made them want to act. So they made a very bold, highly accessible font.

I suspect that's kind of true with waterproofing as well. They don't see much demand.

In a way the world is in a bad situation with respect to ebook readers. They're made by people who want to sell us ebooks and not by people who want to sell us readers. If we had to buy readers from different people than booksellers we'd get a lot more variety, a lot more of what a few of us want and they'd cost a lot more.

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