Difference in font rendering between Nickel and Koreader

[cerem0ny]

Hey guys,
Really enjoying koreader here. I just have a quick question.

Why does the same font at the same size in Nickel (stock launcher) vs Koreader look so different? In Nickel for example, Garamond just seems to look so thinner and less clear, also at smaller sizes it starts to look a little broken, with certain parts bolder and what not. I use the in built font weight editor in Nickel and then it starts to embolden certain parts of the letter and looks totally broken. Koreader, the font looks great at all sizes.

Is there any way to get the fonts looking as great as they do on Koreader using the nickel launcher? The difference in the photos is very subtle but definitely there.

On a side note - how the FRICK do I rotate attached images??!!?? Apologies!!!

Hope this makes sense…
Cheers

[DNSB]

You rotate them before you attach them?

[JSWolf]

Garamond is a terrible font on an eInk screen. There are way too many thin lines that even in KOReader are still too think compared to the other lines,

[DNSB]

I had installed EB Garamond on my Sage a while back but was not that happy with it as a font.

I've attached images of a page from my font tester using the webkit renderer (kepub), the RMSDK renderer (epub) and KOReader. The font size was set to the largest that let me see the entire page (Kobo font size showed as 36).

[cerem0ny]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Garamond is a terrible font on an eInk screen. There are way too many thin lines that even in KOReader are still too think compared to the other lines,

It looks wonderful on Koreader. Even in small sizes. At least, with Adobe Garamond Pro. I’m trying to work out why the same font looks so different in different launchers.

I think it has something to do with ‘hinting’ - when I set it to Native in Koreader, the font looks similar to how it looks on nickel - weird, thin lines mixed with bulging bold parts - totally unreadable. Is there any way I can apply the same hinting? Maybe my only option is to manually edit each of my fonts?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by cerem0ny

It looks wonderful on Koreader. Even in small sizes. At least, with Adobe Garamond Pro. I’m trying to work out why the same font looks so different in different launchers.

What version of Garamond is it? Not the version number but the full name and where did it come from?

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by cerem0ny

It looks wonderful on Koreader. Even in small sizes. At least, with Adobe Garamond Pro. I’m trying to work out why the same font looks so different in different launchers.

Originally Posted by JSWolf

What version of Garamond is it? Not the version number but the full name and where did it come from?

Jon, Jon, Jon... Did you even read the message you quoted? Please notice the segment I bolded.

And for what it may be worth, the three Garamond fonts I have kicking around (Adobe, EB Garamond and Monotype's version) look very similar except the in Windows Font Viewer looking at the Adobe Garamond Pro version, the T and h in The collide.