09-05-2010, 08:27 PM | #1 |
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User report of darker PDF fonts in K3? Contrast feature
Hi, I haven't read anyone reporting about the actual working of the new "adjust contrast" feature on the K3. Does it make a difference in actual use? Can't wait to have it pushed to my KDXG...
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09-05-2010, 08:28 PM | #2 |
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I've got a magazine subscription that comes as PDFs and as the text is pretty small on the Kindle 3, I have to use the contrast option to make the text darker. So yes. It does make a difference.
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09-05-2010, 09:07 PM | #3 |
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Great, thanks - I wanted to know if it was a gimmick or if it made a difference.
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09-05-2010, 10:17 PM | #4 |
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With contrast the default setting is Default oddly enough. You can set the contrast in PDFs to Lightest, Lighter, Default, Darker, or Darkest, as shown in these screen captures:
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09-05-2010, 11:39 PM | #5 |
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Wow, this is what I needed to see... Thanks JS.
Now, that looks like a PDF from a scanned page to me, which means that the PDF contrast is a "general image" setting rather than an anti-aliasing tweak. Do you notice any difference in a PDF created with, say, Word + Times New Roman? Thanks again |
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Thanks. This question is slightly off topic, but wouldn't it be more efficient if they "flattened" the images so you don't suffer from the layers loading one by one?
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09-07-2010, 09:34 AM | #9 |
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Just as guiyoforward, I can't wait for this to be implemented in the DXG: loads of documents I peruse suffer from poor contrast on the DXG, this is a very important feature to me.
It's quite shocking that Amazon released so many PDF improvements for the K3 but there has been no word of them implemented on the DX/DXG who are the best suited readers for PDF documents anyway. I recommend all users interested to submit feedback to Amazon requesting to implement them |
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It wouldn't cost much to Amazon to say something like "we'll provide the additional PDF features to the DXG before the end of the year" (for example). Had I not bought it already, I would now definitely wait until this is officially confirmed before buying a DXG.
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does the K3 have a much better screen than the K2
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