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rcentros · 10-26-2017, 04:59 AM

The ability to make fonts bolder makes this upgrade well worth it. Palatino at Bold 1 (2, in lower light) and Size 3 is about right (at least on the book I'm currently reading). Sometimes, in better light, I drop down a font size to 2. This matches up well with Constantia on my Kindle Touch (KT1?). Fonts that were too light were always my main gripe with the Kindles (starting with the Touch). The original Kindles (at least the Kindle Keyboard, and the Basic ones without a touch screen from 2011 and 2012) had darker fonts. I still like those fonts just fine and still read on my 2012 Black non-touch Kindle.

With the 5.8.11 update, I like this Basic Touch, 8th Generation (KT3?) much better. Now I don't have to worry about a font hack (though I still like Constantia better than Palatino, it's close enough now).

10-26-2017, 04:59 AM	#205
rcentros eReader Wrangler Posts: 7,916 Karma: 52566355 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Boise, ID Device: PB HD3, GL3, Voyage	The ability to make fonts bolder makes this upgrade well worth it. Palatino at Bold 1 (2, in lower light) and Size 3 is about right (at least on the book I'm currently reading). Sometimes, in better light, I drop down a font size to 2. This matches up well with Constantia on my Kindle Touch (KT1?). Fonts that were too light were always my main gripe with the Kindles (starting with the Touch). The original Kindles (at least the Kindle Keyboard, and the Basic ones without a touch screen from 2011 and 2012) had darker fonts. I still like those fonts just fine and still read on my 2012 Black non-touch Kindle. With the 5.8.11 update, I like this Basic Touch, 8th Generation (KT3?) much better. Now I don't have to worry about a font hack (though I still like Constantia better than Palatino, it's close enough now). Last edited by rcentros; 10-26-2017 at 05:01 AM.