Thread: What's your favorite font to read ebooks in?
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Old 06-03-2023, 02:59 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by pgilster View Post
Please excuse a question from a font neophyte. I love to swap fonts on my ebooks and love to read about new options. But I know little about fonts themselves, how they are designed, etc. Right now I'm confused about font weighting. I understand what this means, but I also see reference to 'hinting' and I'm unclear on whether this is the same thing as 'weighting' or something else. Any clarification much appreciated! -- Paul
Here you go:

Font weight

Hinting


Kerning

One more: Ligature (Kerning can make ligatures necessary.)


I couldn't find a nice little alll-in-one image for hinting.
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