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jbruce · 03-10-2009, 07:26 PM

Coming from a design background, I think part of the contrast issue with the PRS 700 (beyond the touchscreen only doing 80% light pass-thru) is also caused by the use of a serif font.

Serif fonts have a darker gray value and less visual kerning than sans-serif fonts. Thereby making the overall page darker (which is one reason making the font-size larger - makes the perceived contrast greater - slightly more kerning). Therefore, if one were to change the default font-family to a sans-serif font (Geneva, Helvetica, Arial, etc.) they should see an increase in the visual contrast (the main navigation menu, and annotation menu are good examples which already do this).

With this adjustment no physical mod of the device would be necessary.

So, here's the rub. I've read the tutorials on changing the fonts on the Sony readers. And, though I am fluent in CSS + XHTML (and other acronyms as well) - not really understanding how to do it - in this context.

Can someone help me with more detailed instructions? or, give it a shot and post the results?

Much appreciated.

Cheers,
Josh

03-10-2009, 07:26 PM	#1
jbruce Connoisseur Posts: 64 Karma: 88 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Sony PRS 700	Font Family should help Contrast Coming from a design background, I think part of the contrast issue with the PRS 700 (beyond the touchscreen only doing 80% light pass-thru) is also caused by the use of a serif font. Serif fonts have a darker gray value and less visual kerning than sans-serif fonts. Thereby making the overall page darker (which is one reason making the font-size larger - makes the perceived contrast greater - slightly more kerning). Therefore, if one were to change the default font-family to a sans-serif font (Geneva, Helvetica, Arial, etc.) they should see an increase in the visual contrast (the main navigation menu, and annotation menu are good examples which already do this). With this adjustment no physical mod of the device would be necessary. So, here's the rub. I've read the tutorials on changing the fonts on the Sony readers. And, though I am fluent in CSS + XHTML (and other acronyms as well) - not really understanding how to do it - in this context. Can someone help me with more detailed instructions? or, give it a shot and post the results? Much appreciated. Cheers, Josh Last edited by jbruce; 03-10-2009 at 07:29 PM. Reason: changed "more visual..." to "less visual..."