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Interesting Kindle Upgrade
Saw this in my daily The Passive Voice email:
http://www.fastcodesign.com/3046678/...at-doesnt-suck Apparently, the update is being rolled out to the actual ereaders later in the summer, so no specific date, but it is coming soon. What does anyone else think? |
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I got Bookerly today on my iPhone. I was prompted to switch, looks nice.
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I hate to be a fuddy-duddy....
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So, over all thought about this.... No biggie. Cheers, Last edited by Turtle91; 05-27-2015 at 07:26 PM. |
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I'd be happier if they just gave us more font sizes.
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Amazon finally fixed Kindle typography
http://www.fastcodesign.com/3046678/...at-doesnt-suck
For now it is iOS only, but they say that it is going to be released for the ereaders in the summer. Finally. Kerning and hyphenation. Kindle had better build materials, more importantly Amazon usually had better formatted and cheaper books. I already buy almost all my books from Amazon and DeDRM them for epubs. I am buying my first Kindle this summer. Interestingly, Bookerly they have in the new iOS app is named BookerlyLCD right now, I can't wait to see what differences we will see in the eink version. This is the first new professional typeface to arrive with different eink and lcd versions. |
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Yes, I always hate hyphens that divide a word and force it to be on two lines (not normal hyphen such as 'self-esteem'). I am slower when reading these hyphenated words that divide a word. I didn't buy some printed books because there are too many hyphenated words that divide a word. I remember reading a book in a bookshop and found the first page contains 10 lines and 8 of them are ended with a hyphenated word. I put it down immediately. |
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Everyone has their own taste but I still have trouble understanding how hyphenation could be a matter of taste. It is one of the core parts of typesetting, there isn't any printed books without them.
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But that's the entire point of those that dislike hyphenation: that an ebook isn't a printed book and need not follow the same typesetting rules. I dislike ragged right intensely myself, so I do the opposite and force hyphenation where possible, but to each his own.
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I'm interested in trying it on the Voyage.
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Do these changes mean there might be smaller margins?
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I read at smallish font sizes so ragged right isn't particularly noticeable whereas hyphenation is noticeable. For me, at least, it breaks immersion. It is all about what you are used to and what you are comfortable with. Adding hyphenation as an option is good--forcing hyphenation isn't. |
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I can eat peas (feel free to insert a food you love here) with a spoon or a knife or a fork. I prefer a spoon. But if all my spoons were stolen, I bet I would adjust quite well to eating them with a fork or knife--in short order. It's the peas I love, after all, not the utensil.
![]() I'm all for choice when it comes to e-typography (more would be best, although that's not always feasible). But when it boils right down to it, I suspect it doesn't matter as much as people (including myself sometimes) want to believe it does. Shut up and eat your peas. ![]() |
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There was some really excessive and intrusive hyphenation on the Kobo Touch for a while. You only notice it when it goes wrong.
Oddly, my old Kindle keyboard is the only reader I haven't had to constantly mess with to get settings I like. It wasn't broken, as far as I'm concerned. (But then I might not be getting this update anyway, with such an old device.) |
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