01-12-2013, 05:34 AM | #31 | |
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Many people, including me, find that fonts are "washed out", "skinny", "pale" on the Glo by default. You can adjust the weight of built-in fonts on the device to make them more readable, but for side-loaded fonts you have to resort to using a font editor on your PC to increase the weight first. This seems to be a common complaint, and is discussed at length here, including links to downloaded fonts people have adjusted to increase the weight. I personally really like Charis SIL, with increased weight. |
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01-12-2013, 01:00 PM | #32 | |
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As for the preferences, I tend to be obsessed with facts. I don't really care if you like or dislike the Kobo. What I am not impressed by is a claim that an eInk based device using the same eInk display as many other ereaders does not show ghosting despite even the manufacturer's admission that ghosting is a fact of life for their current products. To quote Thomas Huxley: "The great tragedy of science, the slaying of a beautiful theory by an ugly fact." Regards, David |
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01-12-2013, 01:05 PM | #33 | |
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As for Calibre's conversion, I've never used it so not sure as to whether it dithers images or if it dithers them, what algorithm it uses for the dithering. Gives me something to play with this weekend. Regards, David |
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01-12-2013, 04:17 PM | #34 | |
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Photographers get it, but most other may not. Try and make sure that people know what it is you're trying to say, especially if the post is designed to impugn others. Last edited by SmittyBit; 01-12-2013 at 06:56 PM. |
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01-12-2013, 06:56 PM | #36 | |
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Don't get all upset, I'm just pointing out to you that - clarifying or not - If you're going to make a point about how somebody is doing something, make sure your point is getting across to everyone. Also, what I meant by impugn was not an attack on you, it's just referencing the criticism of photographers lack of proper white balance. I'm sorry you took the comment in a bad way, the way I wrote might be giving of a rude tone, but rudeness is not what I intended. |
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Then I'll need to come here and learn what has to be done to it to make it readable. From what I see, between adjusting contrasts, adding side-loaded fonts, editing fonts in an external program, editing jpgs in an external program, etc., etc., etc., there will be lots to do! Quote:
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01-12-2013, 07:06 PM | #39 | |
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I can't find the post that may have started that, but it's been a long day and likely I'm just missing it. I really don't want to offend anyone; impugn is a pretty dark toned word, another likely would have been better. I do apologize for any offense though. |
01-12-2013, 07:27 PM | #41 | |
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01-12-2013, 10:26 PM | #42 |
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I was a film photographer and never heard white balance until much later when I started shooting color video and later digital cameras. You are missing the fun of trying to correct color balance with color correction filters or having to make sure every florescent light in a room were same brand and type.
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01-14-2013, 10:40 AM | #43 | |
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01-14-2013, 06:36 PM | #44 |
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I sometimes wonder if people have too high an expectation of an e-reader.
My kobo mini is 'slow' on page turns compared to an iPad or tablet, has lowish contrast ratio (complaints from somebody who reads on an iPad all the time), but imo is no worse than my sister's K2. Compared to some cheap paperbacks I have read or a daily newspaper it is perfectly acceptable. i got it to read books and so long as it is legible I can live with a less than 1 second page turn (comparable to physical media) and a contrast ratio better than most paperbacks or newspapers. If I wanted high performance, pretty pictures and brightness, I would have paid a lot more and bought a tablet. |
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