In my opinion, I also found that the promise of
better font weights did not live up to the hype I'd heard in the way I had hoped.
Not exact matches
Although only one
weight of
font is available, Abel can be a
good choice for headlines and paragraph text.
6 ″ lightweight e-reader 300ppi with frontlight, SD card, WIFI, page turn buttons, audio & TTS with
good library management (or
good interaction with Calibre), great dictionairies (or possibility to install), easy way for annotations, adaptable
fonts, and... a way to have a
good screen protector without having to add the
weight of a whole cover (so maybe something like on some of the Samsung phones).
I hope
Good e-Reader will join TeleRead in pushing for Amazon to let contrast - sensitive people and others switch on «All bold» or,
better still, vary the
weight of
fonts.
But the Nook still beats the Kindle, thanks to the edge lighting, ePUB compatibility, the microSD slot, the
better fonts, and its slightly lighter
weight.
It doesn't matter how much
better the Kindle software is and how much more polished it is if the lighting is off and the
fonts are frail and terrible with no boldness and
weight adjustment.
Killer Features —
Well, across the various eReaders we have Library Books, Accessibility, eInk Pearl, Read to Me, Lend Me, Amazing battery life, much improved page turn speeds, changeable
font sizes, respectable PDF support,
good browsers (Nook and Kindle), support for more and more languages, touch and free hand drawing, great size, low
weight, and a few other killer features.
For
good measure the ALA and the FCC should lean on Amazon and other companies to offer a
good all - bold text option (if possible with adjustable
font weights) to help readers who prefer high - contrast black on white.
Because after doing research and trying out both the Kindle e-ink and the B&N e-ink, the Kobo choice of
font sizes and typefaces and the light
weight of the Kobo e-ink touch worked
better for me because I have limited vision and arthritis.
On the all - new Kindle Oasis, as
well as current releases of Kindle reader on iOS, FireOS, and Android, customers can choose from a number of
font boldness options, incresing the
weight of any
font used within the Kindle e-book.
The TypeGenius feature has
weight and sharpness settings exclusive to Kobo, as
well as the ability to choose from over 50
font sizes and 11
font types.
Additionally, customize your reading to your heart's content with 11
font styles and 35 sizes, as
well as exclusive
weight and sharpness settings.
The
best thing about the software is it offers a lot more layout settings than other ereaders, including setting custom
font weights and sideloading your own
fonts — something Kindles can't do.
To someone who is visually challenged, as I am, that noticeably sharper,
better illuminated screen, with a larger range of
fonts and
font sizes, is worth its
weight in gold.
Sofa Sans comes in four
weights, from a monolinear Thin to Black and 18 styles, including shadow -, 3D -, inline - and hatched - styles as
well as five layer
fonts.
Fonts are now a fully supported resource type in Android O. Apps can now use fonts in XML layouts as well as declare font style and weight along with the font f
Fonts are now a fully supported resource type in Android O. Apps can now use
fonts in XML layouts as well as declare font style and weight along with the font f
fonts in XML layouts as
well as declare
font style and
weight along with the
font files.
Apps can now use
fonts in XML layouts as
well as declare
font style and
weight along with the
font files.
Developers will be able to use
fonts in XML layouts as
well as define
font families, as
well as declare the
font style and
weight along with the
font files.