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Old 06-29-2019, 11:39 AM   #1
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Favorite font (and settings) for reading? (Boox Note family)
Today I'm going to post a series of short questions about the Boox Note (running the latest firmware from June 2019).

Taking advantage of the support of external fonts, I've installed an old version of Rockwell, which looks a lot like Kindle.
Not bad but very 2009 and I'm wondering what people like today.
My settings: image contrast=2 from the left, bold=0, line spacing=3 (on that screen it's a different scale!), paragraph spacing=3, horizontal spacing=6

What is your favorite font, and how do you set it up? (Image Contrast, Bold, Line Spacing, Paragraph Spacing, Horizontal Spacing.)

Thanks in advance.

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Old 12-25-2019, 11:32 AM   #2
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Old thread but thought it was still pertinent.

I use AndikaInk: Dont find that I need any contrast with this font.

Line Spacing = 0
Paragraph Spacing = 0
Vertical Spacing = 4
Horizontal Spacing = 4
Embolden = 1

These settings are in the built in Neoreader.
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Old 12-25-2019, 03:30 PM   #3
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Thank you very much for the tip. Will give it a go. Also planning to try exo, which I found mentioned on a different thread.
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I loved Bookerly for years, but have switched to Literata https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Literata

Both are great, but I think Bookerly is better for work reading (slower reading, taking in all the words) Literata leisure reading (enjoyable and easy to read at pace). I mainly read for pleasure on my Poke Pro so Literata is the better choice for me.

In Moonreader my settings are
font: 20
paragraph spacing: 70%
line spacing: 4
margins: 20
left justified (massively prefer this to justified, which tends to be the default and is difficult to change in some devices/apps)
I also strip all custom formatting from books in MR
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Old 12-25-2019, 06:03 PM   #5
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Both were created for e-reading. I'd steer clear of fonts that aren't as some of the purpose designed fonts are great.

I like Rockwell, but only ever used it as a title font for print/web and think that's all it was designed for.
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I like Rockwell, but only ever used it as a title font for print/web and think that's all it was designed for.
Came across Rockwell on this thread a long time ago. It's worked great all these years.

Will try the two fonts you suggested, thank you!
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WOW!
Both Literata and Bookerly are spectacular. Ditching Rockwell.
It will be hard to choose between the two, but will start with Literata, since it's the one you've opted for. Thank you so much for the recommendation.
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WOW!
Both Literata and Bookerly are spectacular. Ditching Rockwell.
It will be hard to choose between the two, but will start with Literata, since it's the one you've opted for. Thank you so much for the recommendation.
I'll do you one better. Try ChareInk. I think it's an awesome font. Here the URL to download it.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=184056
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Fantastic. Thank you so much for making me aware of it.
Installed… Looks beautiful!
Will be testing alongside the other two — with Italian text, curious to see how all three compare with regards to ácçènts.
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Fantastic. Thank you so much for making me aware of it.
Installed… Looks beautiful!
Will be testing alongside the other two — with Italian text, curious to see how all three compare with regards to ácçènts.
ChareInk does really with with those sorts of letter/characters.
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I'll be giving ChareInk a try shortly. Thanks for the info.
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I still prefer AndikaInk in most situations but thanks for the suggestions on ChareInk.
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I still prefer AndikaInk in most situations but thanks for the suggestions on ChareInk.
One thing ChareInk has over AndikaInk is that ChareInk has kerning. And ChareInk is a serif font which is better for a main body font then a serif font.
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One thing ChareInk has over AndikaInk is that ChareInk has kerning. And ChareInk is a serif font which is better for a main body font then a serif font.
I think I had the no weight installed. When I used the other one it looked a ton better. Going to use it for a bit. Definitely be my go to more.
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I think I had the no weight installed. When I used the other one it looked a ton better. Going to use it for a bit. Definitely be my go to more.
If your Boox can't up the weight of a font, try the version of ChareInk that has the added weight.
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