Thread: HD KF6 and fuzzy text
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Old 05-08-2017, 11:22 PM   #7
tomsem
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Hmm. I see the vertical strokes (for example) in your screen capture are not aligning on pixel boundaries well. they are 3 pixels wide, but only the center column is dark the left and right are lighter. I assume this is what you mean by 'fuzzy': excessive antialiasing.

When I choose the same font and size (I think: Helvetica size '2'?) the verticals are also 3 pixels wide but two of the columns are dark, and only the right hand column is 'antialiased.' So it is crisper than your sample.

I have had some issues with getting 'component' updates for my Fire HD6. For the longest time things like the Kindle app was stuck on some old version and even after applying FireOS update manual that was unchanged. At some point it got 'unstuck' and I got a series of component updates (the FireOS version did not change), and finally I got the expected features. Perhaps you have some issue like this that affects text layout.

You probably know how to check component versions: go to Settings, Apps & Games, Manage All Applications, ALL. But I have no idea which component would affect text layout, such that we could compare versions.
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