Thread: Chinese novel typefaces
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Old 09-22-2009, 04:13 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by LDBoblo View Post
Just took a look. Seems OK, they're using a DynaComWare Kai font. I don't care for the way most Kai fonts look on reader devices...though they are sometimes readable, the poor contrast and hinting really makes them ugly to my eyes. There may be one out there that sings though...I just haven't found it.

Addendum...one more sample file, with a related Kai font (I don't have the exact one they used). 11pt was required to make it readable. This is a weight 5 (normal) face which looks a little light on a reader, and weight 7 variants are a bit heavy/bold. I would prefer it for printing, but for e-ink...I dunno...
This Kai font is very lovely. But yes... I fear I have a fairly good idea how light it will look on the reader.

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