crisper font on the Touch than the Paperwhite?

[soulfuldog]

Originally Posted by speakingtohe

Some things are better on one reader than another. The grass is always greener in some way.......

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.......But the moral of this line of gibberish is that I would still be reading away happily on my 600 if gifts and prices and shiny appearances etc. hadn't seduced me away.

Perfectly true. The problem tends to be that some people are more easily seduced than others, and those that are tend to see something new and it makes them yearn for those things that are better on the new reader and ignore the things that are actually better on their current reader, and so it goes on and on.

I'm still sitting here with my Kindle 3, patiently waiting on a new reader with side page turn buttons and not just touch-screen only, with the ability to jump back/forward a chapter with a single click or swipe, and a lighted reader with as good contrast as my Kindle with the light off. I think I might be waiting an eternity and will probably end up being seduced by something shiny and new (but not quite perfect) anyway.....

[jojoba]

Originally Posted by vxf

Is your firmware updated? I don't recall the details, but I know they have, at some point, made it easier to access.

You should be able to access settings from the menu even when in-book now - so you are only two clicks away from airplane mode. If I remember correctly, you used to have to go back to home to do it...

Yes, two clicks away, so can't exactly complain. I can't figure out what version my firmware is, though. How can I check?

[jojoba]

Originally Posted by speakingtohe

But the moral of this line of gibberish is that I would still be reading away happily on my 600 if gifts and prices and shiny appearances etc. hadn't seduced me away.

I empathise with gadget seduction (although I try to keep myself in check).

[vxf]

Originally Posted by jojoba

Yes, two clicks away, so can't exactly complain. I can't figure out what version my firmware is, though. How can I check?

I don't have my PW with me... but it's under the settings tab... then I think it is 'Device Info'.

[shanghaichica]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Nope. I have both, and I prefer the appearance of the fonts on the PW.

I agree. To me the PW's fonts are better. They are finer, yet are still clear.

[haydnfan]

Originally Posted by shanghaichica

I agree. To me the PW's fonts are better. They are finer, yet are still clear.

I take it that you haven't owned the Kindle Touch then. The PW's font is not finer, it's the exact opposite, it is thicker and bolder. I don't care which you like better, but please speak the truth and base your judgments on the truth.

[Namekuseijin]

I enjoyed the bold fonts a lot. they look creamy, almost crying: "eat me, eat me"

[shanghaichica]

Originally Posted by haydnfan

I take it that you haven't owned the Kindle Touch then. The PW's font is not finer, it's the exact opposite, it is thicker and bolder. I don't care which you like better, but please speak the truth and base your judgments on the truth.

I actually owned the touch for about a 2 months before I got the paperwhite. I had all 3 models side by side at one point (keyboard,touch and paperwhite) and prefer the PW's font. I thought the font on the paperwhite was finer. Maybe it's the font that I use. We all have different eyes and will percieve things differently. I don't think there is a 'truth' here.

[haydnfan]

Of course there is truth. You have to compare with the same font. It is nonsense to say something like Baskerville on the PW is thinner than the font on the KT.

[ixtab]

Originally Posted by haydnfan

Of course there is truth. You have to compare with the same font. It is nonsense to say something like Baskerville on the PW is thinner than the font on the KT.

Why not provide screenshots (or camera pictures) to prove your point? As far as I see, everybody else is just making (knowingly) subjective comments, while you claim to be objective. I'm neither for nor against your claim, but if you are so very sure, you certainly can provide some evidence. There's a lot of space in this thread for your comparison pictures.

[Namekuseijin]

about fonts... I find it weird that to some files they don't allow font selection at all and what I get is a butt-ugly thin times new roman-lookalike. wtf? even with mobi ebooks from here I get to read in the delicious Cecilia Condensed, but not so in a free ebook from Amazon itself... weird...

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Namekuseijin

about fonts... I find it weird that to some files they don't allow font selection at all and what I get is a butt-ugly thin times new roman-lookalike. wtf? even with mobi ebooks from here I get to read in the delicious Cecilia Condensed, but not so in a free ebook from Amazon itself... weird...

This is when the publisher has hard-coded the font. Hard-coding the body font is generally considered to be poor practice, and frowned upon for the reasons you give.

[ciekawy]

Poly and Merriweather are very readable for me - both available from google fonts. However I haven't seen best font for e-reading yet

[aceflor]

Originally Posted by jojoba

So, I just got my Paperwhite as I wanted an e-ink reader with a backlit display. I'm totally happy with the light, but I find that the font is crisper on my Kindle Touch than on my Paperwhite, even at similar font sizes and with the light off on the PW. Is this normal?