02-02-2013, 05:49 PM | #436 | |
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The publisher could offer his embedded font as an option, and should not force it. I know it can be hacked out of the book, but you shouldn't have to. It took web designers 10 years to learn that a web page is *not* a poster (as it's looks can be changed by the viewer). Hopefully it doesn't take publishers 10 years to realize that an ebook is m not made out of paper. |
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It's not hacking to remove a font. It more like editing. It's real easy to do in Calibre. I have it set to remove all user fonts, margins and colors. I still use the old mobi format. KF8 doesn't work with the Personal Documents Cloud yet. |
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Hmm.. interesting. I wasn't aware. I'll have to look into it!
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02-02-2013, 06:49 PM | #440 |
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ah, I see, Blossom. I did most of my jailbreaking before the update, but was able to fix things after the update. and the JBPatch now works with 5.3.3, so no need to downgrade before applying it (otherwise I wouldn't have done it)
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That being said, even if KF8 was not originally ePub, the same font mistakes would be made. I've taken embedded fonts that did not look good enough on eInk and found a medium or semibold version to use in place. Or I've fattened it up myself. Some have too much line space so I've had to adjust the line-height. Cannot do that with KF8. But you can adjust the font's line space and then keep that modified font in case any other eBooks use it. |
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I'm now using the Charis SIL Compact font that Jon modified. It looks nice.
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02-03-2013, 09:02 AM | #443 |
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I cannot decide between my own versions of Veranda and DejaVu Serif.
Veranda is a bit more readable to me (strange, because I *hate* sans serif fonts on paper), but I like the "bookish" look of DejaVu Serif more. I'm switching every chapter or so It could be that Verdana is so readable for me because it is by far my preferred font on the computer. I've been using it for 15 years or so, maybe longer. Since it was introduced by Windows; for me, that'd be 1996, with, Windows NT 4, I think. And as much as I like Verdana on the Kindle, I despise Helvetica. I don't know why, but that font just seems "wrong" or something. I lose my line often, and it's just plain hard to read. Don't know why. Last edited by Katsunami; 02-03-2013 at 09:38 AM. |
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When I was taking a human factors class a few years ago, the teacher said that serifs provide more letter distinction, and therefore make it easier to read in print. On a screen, however, the resolution isn't as good as print is, and so sans serif are easier to read on a screen.
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He can scan entire printed line in a good hardback or excellent paperback with one glance. So his eyes do not jump across the line, his eyes go in one sweep from top to bottom. Such reading is very difficult and he has to concentrate very, VERY hard, so it is reserved for emergencies - like that school asignment. When reading for leisure he slows down. Also when he reads important texts, such as contracts he slows down to make sure he understands all nuances. Now, let me get back to the serif - sanserif war. He claims that he can only speed-read if the book is printed using serif font. He says that his eyes can't make a "snap-read" of the line if the words aren't connected by serifs. He also says that bad typography makes such fast reading very difficult. |
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Because of this thread, I got the idea to modify the line space to fix the problem in KF8 eBooks. I still need to fix Charis SIL so it's a little bigger for those that want it so. I'll get to working on it later in the week when I have access to the Kindle Touch. |
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I didn't think there was a serif font I could read with till I found Amasis Medium. Caecilia sometimes my eyes will let me read with but thin fonts my brain has trouble deciphering after awhile. Now I've added more weight to it I can read with it. I have to have a font with even weight, sans serifs usually have that more than Serif fonts.
Fonts like Baskerville, Times New Roman are hard for me to use due to how thin the weight is on one side of the font. |
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I haven't figured out how to make screenshot in CoolReader. In Coolreader I can set line-space with finer control. Last edited by kacir; 02-03-2013 at 03:51 PM. |
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I won't argue about it though. There is studies that are in favor of one or the other, and studies that say it doesn't matter. All three of them cannot be true at the same time. I stand by my belief that serifs have aesthetic value only, and that is my very own opinion, not a fact. |
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