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Old 03-23-2023, 10:14 AM   #89
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Originally Posted by Sirtel View Post
The difference in layout and typography is that kepub doesn't do kerning and ligatures (unless you enable it in the configuration file) and word spacing is much worse than with epubs (the smaller the screen, the worse it is; there is a patch to improve it, but on anything smaller than 8" epub does word spacing better even with the patch).

Personally I couldn't care less about kerning and ligatures. I do care about word spacing, but I can live with the kepub word spacing on a 8" Sage. On a 7" Libra I prefer epub.
I disagree with anything smaller then 8". 7" works OK. 6" not so.
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