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I hope I can explain my point...

I am a bit obsessive about kerning. I use fonts with kerning and if needed, I do corrections by hand on FontForge. But no matter how much I work on it, I can't get the perfect result with KOReader. (Device: Inkpad 3)

For example, take the word "mining". In principle, there has to be equal metrical and optical distance between first 4 letter: "m-i-n-i-n". When I use famous fonts with well-tuned kerning like EB Garamond, Adobe Garamond Pro, Minion Pro, etc., KOReader displays it like, let's say, "m--i-n-i-n" at relatively normal sizes (17-19). I got used to such kind of asymmetries, so I do kerning by hand and try to decrease the distance between first two letter "m--i" by incrementally decreasing the kern value. After 3-4 try, it seems I can decrease it ON COMPUTER SCREEN. But when I export the font to KOReader, I get absurd results like, for example, "mi-n-i-n". I hope you got the point.

Besides, even PDFs of which typesetting are carefully designed for imprint show kerning issues on KOReader, even if they are tiny... So, problem is not related only for EPUBs, I guess

OK, I have to admit that it may be the best app and I really like it. But I am trying to do some fine-tuning typesetting and my standard is high.

So, here are my questions:

1) Even if we work hard and in detail, is it not possible to get perfect, print-like kerning results on on ereaders' screen? Am I digging an impossible hole?

2) If it is possible, do you know the way?

3) If don't, could developers please work on kerning feature of KOReader more?


Regards,