How can I edit the margins and the distance between letters and paragraphs?

kpoviv · 10-13-2020, 03:00 AM

I have seen that there are programs called KUAL among others, where one can edit some things. With one of these programs, can I edit the distance between each word, the margins of the edges and the distance between each sentence? I do that on my phone with an App called Moon + Reader to take advantage of more space and to get more words per page. I have a 7 generation Kinlde Papewhite. Can I install a program on it? Is it easy to do it? Is it good for what I need?

hius07 · 10-13-2020, 03:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kpoviv

I have a 7 generation Kinlde Papewhite.

Depends on the firmware version.
If it is upper than 5.9.6.1 you cannot.

JSWolf · 10-13-2020, 06:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kpoviv

I have seen that there are programs called KUAL among others, where one can edit some things. With one of these programs, can I edit the distance between each word, the margins of the edges and the distance between each sentence? I do that on my phone with an App called Moon + Reader to take advantage of more space and to get more words per page. I have a 7 generation Kinlde Papewhite. Can I install a program on it? Is it easy to do it? Is it good for what I need?

You can install the ChareInk font which will give you less space between lines and more characters per line all without the need to jailbreak. Download the hinted version which works best with a Kindle.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=184056

grizedale · 10-13-2020, 07:32 AM

I have always hated the wide margins on a kindle but I recently gave the Oasis a go and used calibre to convert books to AZW3 using

html {
margin-right: -60px;
margin-left: -60px;
}
in the Look & Feel, Styling, Extra CSS.

This together with hinted ChareInk font as mentioned in the post above works perfectly for me. I also use the FONT_RAMP to alter the line sizes https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...0&postcount=50

Saying that I would like to reduce the bottom margin but you cant have everything.

JSWolf · 10-13-2020, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grizedale

I have always hated the wide margins on a kindle but I recently gave the Oasis a go and used calibre to convert books to AZW3 using

html {
margin-right: -60px;
margin-left: -60px;
}
in the Look & Feel, Styling, Extra CSS.

This together with hinted ChareInk font as mentioned in the post above works perfectly for me. I also use the FONT_RAMP to alter the line sizes https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...0&postcount=50

Saying that I would like to reduce the bottom margin but you cant have everything.

Are you sure it's a bottom margin and not windows and orphans causing the extra space? Try this...

Code:

body {
  widows: 1;
  orphans: 1;
  margin-top: 0;
  margin-right: 0;
  margin-bottom: 0;
  margin-left: 0;
  text-align: justify;
}

JSWolf · 10-13-2020, 08:35 AM

@kpoviv, there's one more thing you can do to get more text on screen is to use the Hyphenate This! plugin with KF8 (AZW3) eBooks. This will add hyphenation an more text on screen.

grizedale · 10-13-2020, 08:35 AM

Thanks JSWolf, definitely not W & O as I already use the above code, thanks anyway.

NiLuJe · 10-13-2020, 08:37 AM

Yep, IIRC, you're stuck with the crap vertical margins.

From the little I remember of this, even when messing with the java guts, getting rid of those was never really an option.

10-13-2020, 03:00 AM	#1
kpoviv Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2019 Device: kindle	How can I edit the margins and the distance between letters and paragraphs? I have seen that there are programs called KUAL among others, where one can edit some things. With one of these programs, can I edit the distance between each word, the margins of the edges and the distance between each sentence? I do that on my phone with an App called Moon + Reader to take advantage of more space and to get more words per page. I have a 7 generation Kinlde Papewhite. Can I install a program on it? Is it easy to do it? Is it good for what I need? Last edited by pdurrant; 10-13-2020 at 03:03 AM. Reason: removed bold

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grizedale kindle Convert Posts: 204 Karma: 5628 Join Date: May 2010 Location: UK, County Durham Device: kindle Scribe	I have always hated the wide margins on a kindle but I recently gave the Oasis a go and used calibre to convert books to AZW3 using html { margin-right: -60px; margin-left: -60px; } in the Look & Feel, Styling, Extra CSS. This together with hinted ChareInk font as mentioned in the post above works perfectly for me. I also use the FONT_RAMP to alter the line sizes https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...0&postcount=50 Saying that I would like to reduce the bottom margin but you cant have everything. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by grizedale; 10-13-2020 at 07:57 AM.

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,053 Karma: 144284144 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	@kpoviv, there's one more thing you can do to get more text on screen is to use the Hyphenate This! plugin with KF8 (AZW3) eBooks. This will add hyphenation an more text on screen.

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NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047190 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Yep, IIRC, you're stuck with the crap vertical margins. From the little I remember of this, even when messing with the java guts, getting rid of those was never really an option.