[davidfor]

Originally Posted by PenguinCEO

Please keep calm. Here we are all civilized people and there is no need to give an outburst.

My apologies for expressing an opinion that I believe was rightly held. His language was clearly expressing the opinion that I had no idea what I was talking about. Just as you seem to know exactly what mood people are in when posting.

You know well why kobo did it. Right you said to us:

Yes, I did say that. But, that covers a lot of sins.

So Kobo did not have valid reasons to break the standard, nor the circumstances were particular, nor they were carefully weighted.

Why do you think they didn't carefully consider what they were doing?

So the lack of support for monospace text is a bug.

If they have deliberately not done something, it is not a bug.

kobo can destroy well tested software, has the freedom of bugging the equipment, ignore the universally accepted rules and produce mediocre devices. But they must warn the buyer about the real value of his products. An "epub reader" is a device whose purpose is to render in a standard way any standard epub, and every person in good faith understands the sense of the standard. (font-family: monospace is standard) Kobo devices don't render standard ebooks, so they are not "epub reader" (but something else) or they are bugged. If someone needs a proper "ebook-reader", it is better to consult other manufacturers.

Can you point to any ereader app or device that this is done for? None are rendering books the same, so they must all be ignoring some part of the standard. And no, I don't expect anyone to do what you are saying. u

For the record, two weeks ago I sent to kobo a formal report about monospaced font, but (till today) without any feedback.

Good. I'm glad someone has done this.