Forma I will use whatever the default font face is set for a book. Here's why.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

Unfortunately to achieve so-called better layout...

So called? Do you honestly believe the older Kindle formatting was better?

...they invented the abomination which is KFX. The end of archive-friendly book formats as we used to know and love them.

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Yes, Amazon changed to a DRM infected KFX where it is now getting more and more difficult to remove the DRM. So when the publisher doesn't want DRM, Amazon says "Screw you! We are putting in DRM.".

Guys, this isn't a debate on the existance of KFX. The point is: an ereader manufacturer used their own format, looked at the formatting and improved on it. Maybe Kobo out to think about it.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

As for line height, you could call them gaps when the line height is too large.

Buddy, line height is a configurable option, unlike the gaps between words, which is Kobo doing a poor job at layout.

[MGlitch]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Buddy, line height is a configurable option, unlike the gaps between words, which is Kobo doing a poor job at layout.

Honestly I’m surprised Jon is fighting you on this given how much he likes ragging on kepub and how much it’s broken etc.

I do wonder if the font used plays into the gap you’re seeing. I think an older version of Literata gave me wider gaps than the current one, and lexia dama seems to give even less noticeable ones.

It’s still something kobo should work on whatever the underlying cause is.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by MGlitch

Honestly I’m surprised Jon is fighting you on this given how much he likes ragging on kepub and how much it’s broken etc.

I do wonder if the font used plays into the gap you’re seeing. I think an older version of Literata gave me wider gaps than the current one, and lexia dama seems to give even less noticeable ones.

It’s still something kobo should work on whatever the underlying cause is.

Change the justify option to flush left and, gee, no more gaps, a heck of a lot fewer rivers, no more worries about hyphenation. Life is good!

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by MGlitch

Honestly I’m surprised Jon is fighting you on this given how much he likes ragging on kepub and how much it’s broken etc.

I do wonder if the font used plays into the gap you’re seeing. I think an older version of Literata gave me wider gaps than the current one, and lexia dama seems to give even less noticeable ones.

It’s still something kobo should work on whatever the underlying cause is.

The pictures here use Georgia. Though I do usually use Literata.

I do patch to enable ligatures which is part of the cause. But again: Kobo ought to be able to handle ligatures and properly space words.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

The pictures here use Georgia. Though I do usually use Literata.

I do patch to enable ligatures which is part of the cause. But again: Kobo ought to be able to handle ligatures and properly space words.

How would you go about properly spacing words without adding the code to handle microjustification (and microspacing)? That discussion has been ongoing in these forums for over a decade.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Change the justify option to flush left and, gee, no more gaps, a heck of a lot fewer rivers, no more worries about hyphenation. Life is good!

Switch to only audio books and, gee, no more gaps, no rivers, no more worries about hyphenation. Life is... not at all what I'm looking for.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Switch to only audio books and, gee, no more gaps, no rivers, no more worries about hyphenation. Life is... not at all what I'm looking for.

When you can find me an audiobook player that is capable of running at 1000WPM, I might be interested. Otherwise, you are asking me to waste time.

OTOH, Kobo, Kindle, Nook, ereader applications, etc. are all capable of displaying left justified text (except for those braindead programs that think an ebook's CSS is there to be disregarded).

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by DNSB

How would you go about properly spacing words without adding the code to handle microjustification (and microspacing)? That discussion has been ongoing in these forums for over a decade.

I'm only asking for layout as good as ePub on the Nook (and apparently the Kobo).

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by DNSB

OTOH, Kobo, Kindle, Nook, ereader applications, etc. are all capable of displaying left justified text (except for those braindead programs that think an ebook's CSS is there to be disregarded).

I don't want left aligned text. Many (most?) others don't. It is advice that is unhelpful.

[mirage]

Originally Posted by DNSB

When you can find me an audiobook player that is capable of running at 1000WPM, I might be interested. Otherwise, you are asking me to waste time.

Do you really read 1000 word per minute? Not being sarcastic, just wondering.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Ripplinger

It's not a case of being picky for me, but rather crappy eyesight to begin with that just gets worse as you get older. For years I stopped reading because the paperback text was just too small for me to read for more than 5 minutes at a time. Ereaders let me read again, but still I need better contrast and thicker text for my eyesight than what most fonts give you, or it's back to not reading again. I think many of us fall into this category.

I read something yesterday saying that you may be able to improve your eyesight by staring into a red light.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/30/h...ess/index.html

(CNN) It will be as easy as brushing your teeth or shaving, and as long as future studies support it, it just might save your eyesight. A few minutes of looking into a deep red light could have a dramatic effect on preventing eyesight decline as we age, according to a new study published this week in The Journals of Gerontology.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

So called? Do you honestly believe the older Kindle formatting was better?

Guys, this isn't a debate on the existance of KFX. The point is: an ereader manufacturer used their own format, looked at the formatting and improved on it. Maybe Kobo out to think about it.

Kobo has better typesetting with ePub. ePub was not an afterthought. It was there from the start. Amazon could have done the same thing with KF8 that Adobe did you ePub. There is no need for KFX other then new DRM that prevent publishers requesting no DRM from having no DRM.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

The pictures here use Georgia. Though I do usually use Literata.

I do patch to enable ligatures which is part of the cause. But again: Kobo ought to be able to handle ligatures and properly space words.

Kobo does. See ePub with RMSDK.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

I'm only asking for layout as good as ePub on the Nook (and apparently the Kobo).

You seem to have no problem using ePub on the nook. So why not use ePub on the Kobo instead of using the inferior (for typesetting) KePub?