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Old 01-25-2020, 11:00 AM   #74
Jack426
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Originally Posted by xl743 View Post
What's new in the firmware 5.12.3?
New ugly "Bookerly" font. Before this firmware update Bookerly was great, but Amazon updated the font to 1.201 version and took away hinting data from it. So now freetype library (font rasterization software Kindle devices use) switches to "autohinting" mode and letters got uneven heights, especially with non-Latin characters.
I had to stop lurking the forums and make an account just to say, THANK YOU! This has been driving me insane. The font looks like crap now with uneven heights. I knew something was up when the letters "w" and "i" no longer aligned, the "i" appears shorter than nearly every other character.

I just can't figure out why 1 book still renders the text correctly...
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