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bremler · 01-08-2010, 05:31 AM

Hello all, I'm not quite sold on epub just yet -

(a) no right-hand justification,
(b) those page numbers ruining the layout
(c) the font seems fainter compared to lrf
(d) slower page screen turn compared to lrf

lrfs work fine, except for one issue which is driving me mad. Italics - is it just me or after each italicised word there is an extra space? e.g.

<i>this</i> crayon

shows up with an extra space between this and crayon even when there is none in the html. Is it just me?

another example, when you have an exclamation mark straight after the word

"<i>That's what I said</i>!"

This will create a big gap between said and ! and it just looks bad.

Also the fact that they are not true italics, just slanted, can this be fixed somehow by embedding italic fonts...? I'm not sure how to do it, just throwing it out there.

Other than that I'd like to keep using lrf on my sony 505, but always on the lookout for other e-readers which could handle epub without the above issues (epub can do true italics fine)

01-08-2010, 05:31 AM	#1
bremler Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Sony PRS-T1	LRF italics Hello all, I'm not quite sold on epub just yet - (a) no right-hand justification, (b) those page numbers ruining the layout (c) the font seems fainter compared to lrf (d) slower page screen turn compared to lrf lrfs work fine, except for one issue which is driving me mad. Italics - is it just me or after each italicised word there is an extra space? e.g. <i>this</i> crayon shows up with an extra space between this and crayon even when there is none in the html. Is it just me? another example, when you have an exclamation mark straight after the word "<i>That's what I said</i>!" This will create a big gap between said and ! and it just looks bad. Also the fact that they are not true italics, just slanted, can this be fixed somehow by embedding italic fonts...? I'm not sure how to do it, just throwing it out there. Other than that I'd like to keep using lrf on my sony 505, but always on the lookout for other e-readers which could handle epub without the above issues (epub can do true italics fine) Last edited by bremler; 01-08-2010 at 05:45 AM.