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Old 02-21-2010, 10:20 AM   #28
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Originally Posted by charleski View Post
eInk tends to add a small amount of weight to the font (not sure if this is by design - to aid legibility - or a result of the anti-aliasing used), and I think ADE is trying to simulate that. The result is that 'book' fonts, which are slightly heavier, end up being a bit too heavy on a Sony Reader. Regular-weight Garamond looks fine though.
You know what the difference might be? ClearType. Things like Word & Indesign, I'm reasonably sure, use Cleartype for their screen-font-rendering engines. I'll betcha ADE doesn't.

-bjc
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