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Originally Posted by Quoth
Only possible by switching to a not-Kindle.
This works because it creates messed up font-metrics. The font is bigger than it should be and the line-spacing (if not set in CSS) is based on the font at correct size. So when user changes the GUI font size back to normal the line spacing reduces.
I had thought this was a way to over-ride Amazon stupidity (you also need a negative 1.5% approx overall margins).
In the end, it's less work to buy a Kobo and use the Paperwhite Serial number (pre-2024 models) for Download and Transfer, using a plug-in on Calibre to automatically remove DRM. Then convert to epub and read on anything not a Kindle to avoid Amazon's artificial stupidity.
This is a good idea, but it's too much work for most people.
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You can change a font's metrics to reduce the line height without increasing the font size. It works in KF8 but not KFX. I've done it with ChareInk (now ChareInk6/ChareInk6SP). The size of the characters is the same size as it should be. And because the Kindle uses a different metric for line height then other software, there is no problem using the font outside of a Kindle. But if you use ChareInk6/ChareInk6SP with KFX, the line height will not be reduced as KFX forces the line height.
As for the sample in the first post, it's ugly because you are taking a really ugly font and making it larger then it should be. So you get more of a very ugly font.