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Old 04-21-2022, 07:46 PM   #286
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Is there any particular reason why Kobo doesn’t have kerning enabled by default? Is there an issue with the rendering driving this decision by the company? (I read kepub exclusively)

Now that firmware has advanced font settings enabled for all fonts, the only reason I would have to patch the device is for kerning and ligatures. So I’m wondering if I can make do without patching at all.
Sorry, no idea. Personally I think Kobo just hasn't bothered, because most people don't know what kerning even is.
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Old 04-21-2022, 07:51 PM   #287
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Sorry, no idea. Personally I think Kobo just hasn't bothered, because most people don't know what kerning even is.
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Sorry, no idea. Personally I think Kobo just hasn't bothered, because most people don't know what kerning even is.
Your average person wouldn't be able to tell you what a serif is either. But it is still noticeable in the layout.

Kobo really does need to work on kepub layout.
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Old 04-21-2022, 09:58 PM   #290
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Kobo really does need to work on kepub layout.
I agree. Word spacing with justified text isn't on the same level as the epub reader either.
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Old 04-21-2022, 10:06 PM   #291
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I agree. Word spacing with justified text isn't on the same level as the epub reader either.
That's why the alternative is called "ragged RIGHT"
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Old 04-21-2022, 10:12 PM   #292
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That's why the alternative is called "ragged RIGHT"
Yeah, thanks, but no.
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That's why the alternative is called "ragged RIGHT"
You can make it look less ugly by making it look ugly in a different way!
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Old 04-21-2022, 11:57 PM   #294
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Hmmm... ragged right (AKA left justified) or justified with no microjustication. There's ugly and there is as ugly as homemade sin. The problem with fully justified text on an ereader is that makes me want to re-watch A River Runs Though It.

Unless your reading program supports microtypography features, when in doubt, align left.
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Old 04-22-2022, 12:35 AM   #295
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Hmmm... ragged right (AKA left justified) or justified with no microjustication. There's ugly and there is as ugly as homemade sin. The problem with fully justified text on an ereader is that makes me want to re-watch A River Runs Though It?

Unless your reading program supports microtypography features, when in doubt, align left.
Can't stand left-aligned text on an ereader. Even rivers are preferable to that.
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Can't stand left-aligned text on an ereader. Even rivers are preferable to that.
Don't forget the fun with hyphenation.

Though I do find some humour in the people who vote for fully justified because that's the way they do in in "real" books and then complain about the other features of "real" books that don't belong in an ebook.

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Don't forget the fun with hyphenation.

Though I do find some humour in the people who vote for fully justified because that's the way they do in in "real" books and then complain about the other features of "real" books that don't belong in an ebook.

My ereader, my money, my eyes, my choice.
I disable all hyphenation. Can't stand that either.

And yeah, I'm pretty sure I want my text justified because paper books are justified and I got used to it when I still read them. On a tablet or a laptop it doesn't matter, the aspect ratio is too different.

But I don't think about paper books as "real" books. A book is its content, not its container, in my book. And ofc everyone can and should customize the container to their liking, even center-aligned, if for some mysterious reason they prefer that.

I have no beef with the left-aligned crowd, as long as I can read my fully justified and non-hyphenated ugly text, with rivers running through it.
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Is there any particular reason why Kobo doesn’t have kerning enabled by default? Is there an issue with the rendering driving this decision by the company? (I read kepub exclusively)

Now that firmware has advanced font settings enabled for all fonts, the only reason I would have to patch the device is for kerning and ligatures. So I’m wondering if I can make do without patching at all.
Kerning is on by default. Just go read ePub.
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Hmmm... ragged right (AKA left justified) or justified with no microjustication. There's ugly and there is as ugly as homemade sin. The problem with fully justified text on an ereader is that makes me want to re-watch A River Runs Though It.

Unless your reading program supports microtypography features, when in doubt, align left.
This is where ePub shines vs KePub.
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