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Old 03-19-2021, 03:28 PM   #16
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If you always strip DRM from books you buy, then you can convert them to kepub, which will enable several of the features you mention as lacking, like rapid page turn and better zoom in images.
I've tried it, but there were no kerning, ligatures (i could live without ligatures, but kerning is important to me), a more uneven word spacing than epub when text was justified.
So i have installed Optimize:Legibility patch to add kerning and ligatures, but it caused even worse word spacing, so i have returned to reading epubs.
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Old 03-19-2021, 03:46 PM   #17
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I've tried it, but there were no kerning, ligatures (i could live without ligatures, but kerning is important to me), a more uneven word spacing than epub when text was justified.
So i have installed Optimize:Legibility patch to add kerning and ligatures, but it caused even worse word spacing, so i have returned to reading epubs.
I could live perfectly well without kerning and ligatures, but yeah the word spacing is too uneven in kepubs. I read justified text without hyphenation (can't stand that) and so it's very noticeable to me.
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I'm thinking the version RMSDK that Kobo is using may be equivalent to some version ADE 3.x. It seems to be newer then ADE 2.0.1.
Kobo is using RMSDK v10.0. I assume they will update at some point, but, I have no idea when. Or exactly what features they will add.
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Personally I think they want to keep the goodies for their proprietary format, to encourage people to buy from their store.
This is almost certainly correct.
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I could live perfectly well without kerning and ligatures, but yeah the word spacing is too uneven in kepubs. I read justified text without hyphenation (can't stand that) and so it's very noticeable to me.
I was vaguely wondering why these issues that are dealbreakers for a few people are things I've never noticed - but I prefer left-justified text, so.

Really could not care less about ligatures, and I suspect I'm not alone!
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Really could not care less about ligatures, and I suspect I'm not alone!
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I was vaguely wondering why these issues that are dealbreakers for a few people are things I've never noticed - but I prefer left-justified text, so.

Really could not care less about ligatures, and I suspect I'm not alone!
I had to search ligatures, so I could know what they are talking about, so you can guess...
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I had to search ligatures, so I could know what they are talking about, so you can guess...
As i said in previous post, lack of ligatures is not a dealbreaker, i could live without them, but lack of kerning and worse word spacing in kepubs makes my eyes bleed.
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As i said in previous post, lack of ligatures is not a dealbreaker, i could live without them, but lack of kerning and worse word spacing in kepubs makes my eyes bleed.
Lucky, I haven't experienced eye bleed from lack of kerning or word spacing.
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You can enable kerning with KePub. In the KoboTouchExtended drive configuration under the extended tab. Select "Enable Extended Kobo Features" You can also turn on hyphenation in the same section.
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You can enable kerning with KePub. In the KoboTouchExtended drive configuration under the extended tab. Select "Enable Extended Kobo Features" You can also turn on hyphenation in the same section.
Thanks, it worked with some fonts, it didn't with sideloaded ones, which i use in most cases (Bitter, Literata Book and Garamond Absinthe), word spacing is still better in epubs, so i will stick with them.
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Thanks, it worked with some fonts, it didn't with sideloaded ones, which i use in most cases (Bitter, Literata Book and Garamond Absinthe), word spacing is still better in epubs, so i will stick with them.
If I am correct, it used to be that to get kerning with KePub, the font needs to have legacy kerning enabled in the font. I don't know if that is still true or not.
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Lucky, I haven't experienced eye bleed from lack of kerning or word spacing.
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A "killer-feature" would be an option to turn off the damn different font sizes for epub and kepub books.
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But honestly, the absolute killer-function would be an affordable e-reader.

I can buy for about 199€ a 10.3" 64Gb LCD tablet (Lenovo Tab M10 FHD Plus (2nd Gen)) which will support as much as colors as I want. Why should I, for instance, ever buy just a 7.8" 32Gb e-Ink (water)color (ONYX Boox Nova 3 Color) for about 419€?

Seeing the price tags on the latest new e-readers, I fear that the next forthcoming Kobo will be in the same league, even without an e-Ink color screen.
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