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ilyasson · 09-29-2020, 05:06 PM

I thought it was about only my favorite custom font. Tried one another and another and another. And finally had to admit that: Kindle PW's kerning is really, really, really sucks. Kindle cannot do a proper kerning between letters.

OK, if you use "the most legitimate" bundle, which is .kfx + bookerly, you may get a slightly better results (again: "slightly"!). And if you are OK with being stuck in one terrible font and unable to control line-height, of course there is not a problem for you. But if your beloved fonts are custom ones (or even an official one other than bookerly!), get ready to deal with illogical kerning problems.

I do my research and I really surprised not even a single thread in this forum was dedicated to this issue. Some of you may say that I am an obsessive person. But is it an obsession to ask a proper kerning from a READING DEVICE, especially the most popular one?

As far as I know, other devices (pocketbook, kobo, etc.) have not such an issue. So, how hard can it be to handle it for Amazon?

09-29-2020, 05:06 PM	#1
ilyasson Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2019 Device: Kindle Paperwhite (7th Gen.)	Let's admit it: Kindle's kerning really sucks! I thought it was about only my favorite custom font. Tried one another and another and another. And finally had to admit that: Kindle PW's kerning is really, really, really sucks. Kindle cannot do a proper kerning between letters. OK, if you use "the most legitimate" bundle, which is .kfx + bookerly, you may get a slightly better results (again: "slightly"!). And if you are OK with being stuck in one terrible font and unable to control line-height, of course there is not a problem for you. But if your beloved fonts are custom ones (or even an official one other than bookerly!), get ready to deal with illogical kerning problems. I do my research and I really surprised not even a single thread in this forum was dedicated to this issue. Some of you may say that I am an obsessive person. But is it an obsession to ask a proper kerning from a READING DEVICE, especially the most popular one? As far as I know, other devices (pocketbook, kobo, etc.) have not such an issue. So, how hard can it be to handle it for Amazon? Last edited by ilyasson; 09-29-2020 at 05:19 PM.