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Old 11-25-2017, 08:01 AM   #91
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Received my replacement and before updating I sideloaded a book to test this and it did NOT happen. I have since updated to 5.9.2 and so far I am not seeing this happen on the new unit. Very odd indeed that it would happen on some and not all units.
Hmm, I really do not want to exchange my Oasis as the screen is very close to perfect. No discernible gradient at all.
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Hmm, I really do not want to exchange my Oasis as the screen is very close to perfect. No discernible gradient at all.
I wasn't recommending that...

I am sideloading in AZW3 format if that makes any difference.
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I am sideloading in AZW3 format if that makes any difference.
That's what I do, too, and I have no problem.
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Old 11-25-2017, 12:12 PM   #94
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FYI- Pre-fab FONT_RAMP file for 300 dpi screens (PW3 and up)... for middle aged eyes . Removed smallest values and highest values and spread out the rest in smaller steps in the middle.
Pardon my ignorance, but is just for jail-broken Kindles? Sounds like a great contribution because there are some large steps in the Amazon fonts.

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Old 11-25-2017, 12:23 PM   #95
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Pardon my ignorance, but is just for jail-broken Kindles? Sounds like a great contribution because there are some large steps in the Amazon fonts.

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FONT_RAMP does not require jailbreak or patches.

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I wasn't recommending that...

I am sideloading in AZW3 format if that makes any difference.
Ok, I’m not sideloading.
But if you do: why does the „finished downloaded“ show up at all?
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Ok, I’m not sideloading.
But if you do: why does the „finished downloaded“ show up at all?
Sorry, you're right, of course; the "finished downloading" does of course only apply to downloaded content. The reason you see it even if you sideloaded books is that the Kindle still downloads things like dictionaries. I got a download of three new dictionaries a few days ago.
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A question does a FONT_RAMP work on 5.9.2 firmware? I know that now it should contains 14 steps instead of 8. It seems simply does not any effect on my PW3.

What I am really interested in is a font size between standard 4 and 5 for Bookerly.
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A question does a FONT_RAMP work on 5.9.2 firmware? I know that now it should contains 14 steps instead of 8. It seems simply does not any effect on my PW3.

What I am really interested in is a font size between standard 4 and 5 for Bookerly.
It works for me on both Oasis readers, one with 5.8.11 and one with 5.9.2. For reasons I don't understand, with the FONT_RAMP installed, some books require a setting of 5 and some are comfortable at 4. And this is using the Bookerly font, which I also prefer. Whatever, it's simple to configure.

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A question does a FONT_RAMP work on 5.9.2 firmware? I know that now it should contains 14 steps instead of 8. It seems simply does not any effect on my PW3.

What I am really interested in is a font size between standard 4 and 5 for Bookerly.
The books must be in AZW3 format, not mobi. Works on my Oasis 2 with the latest firmware.
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It works for me on both Oasis readers, one with 5.8.11 and one with 5.9.2. For reasons I don't understand, with the FONT_RAMP installed, some books require a setting of 5 and some are comfortable at 4. And this is using the Bookerly font, which I also prefer. Whatever, it's simple to configure.

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Possibly because the books themselves have different font sizes? All my books have the same size (manually edited) and I haven't noticed such a thing.
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For reasons I don't understand, with the FONT_RAMP installed, some books require a setting of 5 and some are comfortable at 4. And this is using the Bookerly font, which I also prefer.
It’s very simple. Font sizes on the Kindle are not “absolute” sizes, but a multiplier applied to the base font size specified in the book. Different books have different base font sizes, just as different printed books use different font sizes. Hence font size “4” in one book may not be the same as font size 4 in a different book. That’s the way it’s always worked, and it has nothing to do with FONT_RAMP.
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It’s very simple. Font sizes on the Kindle are not “absolute” sizes, but a multiplier applied to the base font size specified in the book. Different books have different base font sizes, just as different printed books use different font sizes. Hence font size “4” in one book may not be the same as font size 4 in a different book. That’s the way it’s always worked, and it has nothing to do with FONT_RAMP.
But without FONT_RAMP the leap from font size 4 to font size 5 is too great to be comfortable so I just lived with font size 4. And now I don't have to, so I'm more aware of what the book brings for font size. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that publishers don't care if their font size is uncomfortable since they probably hope this will add to the discouragement of people reading ebooks.

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Hi. Sorry for this question, I'm a new user. Where should I put this file in my Kindle?
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