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Originally Posted by barryem
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.
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The difference with water-proofing and adding a font is that the cost of adding a font costs very little. Adding water-proofing will add cost. But not giving people font choices made little financial sense.