The Kindle 3 has 2 different Chinese fonts and one of them is hard to read.

invinciblegod · 05-26-2013, 10:44 PM

For some reason I have 2 seemingly identical files but one of them has a thick and dark font that is readable while the other one has a thin font that is annoying because it's too thin and becomes a light grey which has low contrast. This font seems to be a property of the book.

Can someone tell me how to choose between these 2 fonts?

Here is a picture:
[large image put in spoilers - moderator]

Spoiler:

Here are the example files:
Book 1
Book 2

Doitsu · 05-28-2013, 05:10 AM

IIRC, the Kindle has several different CJK fonts that are selected based on the language metadata and the Unicode ranges used in the .mobi file.
Check the language metadata with Calibre or MobiMetadataEditor and use the one that'll select the font that displays better.

05-26-2013, 10:44 PM	#1
invinciblegod Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2013 Device: Kindle 3	The Kindle 3 has 2 different Chinese fonts and one of them is hard to read. For some reason I have 2 seemingly identical files but one of them has a thick and dark font that is readable while the other one has a thin font that is annoying because it's too thin and becomes a light grey which has low contrast. This font seems to be a property of the book. Can someone tell me how to choose between these 2 fonts? Here is a picture: [large image put in spoilers - moderator] Spoiler: Here are the example files: Book 1 Book 2 Last edited by dreams; 05-27-2013 at 02:34 AM. Reason: large image put in spoilers - moderator

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05-28-2013, 05:10 AM	#2
Doitsu Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,621 Karma: 23190435 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle PW2	IIRC, the Kindle has several different CJK fonts that are selected based on the language metadata and the Unicode ranges used in the .mobi file. Check the language metadata with Calibre or MobiMetadataEditor and use the one that'll select the font that displays better.

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