06-29-2020, 11:54 AM | #46 |
Connoisseur
Posts: 59
Karma: 100
Join Date: Jun 2020
Device: ePUB Kindle and iBooks
|
|
06-29-2020, 12:30 PM | #47 | |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 5,298
Karma: 98804578
Join Date: Apr 2011
Device: pb360
|
Quote:
My original reader, a Kindle 2 (167dpi) has no user choice for font except size and uses a serif font for body text. I never gave that any thought. My next reader, a Pocketbook 360 (200dpi) allows user choice of fonts. I experimented and selected a sans serif font which was also the out of box default. The K4 added an option to select a condensed or a sans serif font or the standard from earlier Kindles. Based on my experience with the PB360 and the reading about fonts I had done, I expected that I would go with sans serif, but ended up choosing condensed. Over time amazon added 300 dpi displays and more font choices, including the much hyped Bookerly. I tried them and stuck with Caecilia Condensed. After spending time and effort configuring a device for font face, font size, side margin, and line spacing, I would be very annoyed to find a book overriding any of those. |
|
Advert | |
|
06-29-2020, 12:35 PM | #48 |
Connoisseur
Posts: 59
Karma: 100
Join Date: Jun 2020
Device: ePUB Kindle and iBooks
|
Thanks, JPS. You make some really good points there.
|
06-29-2020, 12:49 PM | #49 |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 5,298
Karma: 98804578
Join Date: Apr 2011
Device: pb360
|
That's not necessarily true, since it is not in the Kindle Formats sub-forum. Of course, overriding settings is frowned on even more strongly there.
|
06-29-2020, 12:51 PM | #50 | |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 5,298
Karma: 98804578
Join Date: Apr 2011
Device: pb360
|
Quote:
|
|
Advert | |
|
06-29-2020, 01:00 PM | #51 |
Connoisseur
Posts: 59
Karma: 100
Join Date: Jun 2020
Device: ePUB Kindle and iBooks
|
Yes, I'm new here and didn't spot that forum before I posted!
Thanks for your time and effort. Cin cin. |
06-29-2020, 01:28 PM | #52 |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 6,543
Karma: 84810789
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Tampa Bay, Florida
Device: Kindles
|
|
06-29-2020, 01:32 PM | #53 |
Connoisseur
Posts: 59
Karma: 100
Join Date: Jun 2020
Device: ePUB Kindle and iBooks
|
|
06-29-2020, 01:39 PM | #54 |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 7,224
Karma: 65190611
Join Date: Feb 2009
Device: Kobo Glo HD
|
|
06-29-2020, 01:40 PM | #55 |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 6,543
Karma: 84810789
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Tampa Bay, Florida
Device: Kindles
|
That brings up another interesting feature of the Kindle platform. By default most books open for the first time at the first chapter, skipping over any front matter. It is up to the reader to go back if they have a desire to see it. Most readers will not even aware that there was any front matter.
|
06-29-2020, 01:47 PM | #56 |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 6,543
Karma: 84810789
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Tampa Bay, Florida
Device: Kindles
|
Yes, that is the case as far as I know. The publisher's choice for the book's body font is only a factor if the reader has specifically chosen "Publisher Font" as their font selection.
Most readers pick the font they like best early on in their use of the device and are not even aware that some books have a publisher font choice available. |
06-29-2020, 02:03 PM | #57 |
Connoisseur
Posts: 59
Karma: 100
Join Date: Jun 2020
Device: ePUB Kindle and iBooks
|
Thank you so much for that.
|
06-29-2020, 02:13 PM | #58 | |
Wizard
Posts: 2,618
Karma: 42697471
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Ohio
Device: iPhone 7+, iPad mini, 2021 iPad Pro 12.9",Paperwhite 6.8"
|
Quote:
I skip front matter in lite fiction. I don't skip it in non-fiction. |
|
06-29-2020, 02:48 PM | #59 | |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 6,543
Karma: 84810789
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Tampa Bay, Florida
Device: Kindles
|
Quote:
Like the font issue, it is a matter of consistency for readers being more important than publisher choice. Last edited by jhowell; 06-29-2020 at 02:51 PM. |
|
06-30-2020, 11:28 AM | #60 |
the rook, bossing Never.
Posts: 11,476
Karma: 87454321
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Ireland
Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper11
|
Some people confuse Prologue with Preface. A prologue is really chapter 0. I advise people to just call Chapter 1 (if they number chapters) and maybe put "prologue", or "what happened earlier" as a preamble title.
Prefaces added to deceased authors work, or "classic" works seem very skipable and often want to be read at the end, if at all, sometimes being full of snobbish literary criticism and/or spoilers. The actual original edition author's preface are usually not bad, but not usually important. The Prologue is important, so is the Epilogue. However maybe today on new titles the authors/publishers need to drop those names? |
Tags |
kindle font |
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
How do I manually specify the fallback fonts for sans-serif, serif, monospace, etc.? | rtiangha | KOReader | 4 | 12-19-2019 05:54 AM |
Force epub to sans-serif? | truth1ness | Calibre | 1 | 06-25-2015 10:47 PM |
Which typeface should use for ebook, Serif or Sans-serif | droople | Workshop | 8 | 06-13-2010 07:20 AM |
Serif and Sans-Serif fonts in Libprs500 | benong | Calibre | 1 | 02-06-2008 04:43 AM |
Do you prefer the Reader's serif or its sans serif font? (poll) | Alexander Turcic | Sony Reader | 9 | 11-25-2006 12:15 PM |