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Originally Posted by graycyn
I have noticed ONE difference between KFX's "enhanced typesetting" and reading Kobo epub/kepub.
It's a SMALL difference, but it *is* a difference. And that is that for KFX only (*not* Mobi/AZW3), small-caps called with font-variant: small-caps; in the CSS have a better weight to them and look less like pseudo small-caps.
So, if one reads a lot of books with small-caps, then it might matter, but for most, Kobo epub is just as good. Better, since you have finer control over margins, font size, and line-spacing.
You do lose the ability to zoom images with Kobo epub and you will NOT get pseudo small-caps (unless coded using font-size), and you lose ligatures with Kobo kepub, so there's some decision making to do as to which format you prefer on Kobo. You will also lose pop-up footnotes with the epub format.
I own BOTH Kindle and Kobo devices, and I read epub on my Kobo. It does all I need as far as enhanced typesetting other than the absence of the pseudo small caps. If I have a book that I know has footnotes or is illustrated, those are about the only times I bother with kepub.
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Because not all reading apps support small-caps, most publishers use a smaller font size for small-caps. A lot of KFX are eBooks that are converted from ePub. So even though KFX supports proper small-caps, most eBooks do not. You cannot edit KFX to change that. But you can with ePub. KOReader and KePub both support small-caps just like KFX. But if the eBook only has some small amount of small-caps, then it really makes little difference. Most eBooks that use small-caps do so for things like A.M. and P.M. and maybe a few words here and there.