Amazon today introduced the all - new Kindle Paperwhite, updating its most popular and best - selling Kindle with the highest resolution Paperwhite display, the exclusive Kindle font Bookerly, and a
new typesetting engine for more beautiful pages.
SEATTLE --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Jun. 17, 2015 --(NASDAQ: AMZN)-- Amazon today introduced the all - new Kindle Paperwhite, updating its most popular and best - selling Kindle with the highest resolution Paperwhite display, the exclusive Kindle font Bookerly, and a new
typesetting engine for more beautiful pages.
Amazon today announced the successor to its best - selling Kindle, with an improved high - resolution display, Amazon's new font and an
advanced typesetting engine.
Custom -
Built Typesetting Engine — Word and character spacing, with hyphenation, justification, ligatures, and kerning lays out the pages just as the author intended.
There's also a new
typesetting engine on board, bringing improved word and character spacing, and better page layouts that more accurately reflect their print counterparts.
Featuring our highest resolution display, hand - crafted font Bookerly, and a
new typesetting engine for even more beautiful rendering of pages.
SEATTLE, Wash. — June 17, 2015 — Amazon today introduced the all - new Kindle Paperwhite, updating its most popular and best - selling Kindle with the highest resolution Paperwhite display, the exclusive Kindle font Bookerly, and a new
typesetting engine for more beautiful pages.
There are fewer large spaces between words, something that has been my bane for a while, but in order for it to really shine Amazon needs to launch their new
typesetting engine.
There are fewer large spaces between words, something that has been my bane for awhile, but in order for it to really shine Amazon needs to launch their new
typesetting engine.
The home screen and overall design of the UI were heavily revised last year with an all - new
typesetting engine that lays out words just as the author intended for beautiful rendering of pages.
The typesetting engine has also received an update, so there are fewer awkward misplaced letters or words that plagued earlier models.
They will also add a new «
typesetting engine» that will improve book layout even at larger font sizes.
Amazon is promising that very soon this model will receive a firmware update that will introduce an all - new
typesetting engine that lays out words just as the author intended for beautiful rendering of pages.
For instance, the new Paperwhite offers an all - new
typesetting engine that lays out words just as the «author intended them to appear.»
It allows authors and publishers to get a sense on how their e-books will look on Kindles and Fire tablets using the new
typesetting engine.
The 2015 Paperwhite sticks with the Carta E Ink display found on the 2013 model for high - contrast black & white results, but it adds a new font called Bookerly, which is designed for reading on digital screens, as well as a new
typesetting engine.
Along with the all - new
typesetting engine the new Paperwhite uses, the font will be able to adjust the spacing and size of individual letters and between words.
In addition to now having twice the resolution, the new 2015 - 2016 model Kindle Paperwhite have also been upgraded with a new Kindle font named Bookerlyas well as a new
typesetting engine, with the purpose of making it possible to read faster and with less eyestrain says Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
In addition to that new display, Amazon's also turned on its new Bookerly font — specifically designed by Amazon for reading — by default and completely redesigned page layout with a new
typesetting engine, using hyphenation so you're not left with awkward spacing and so it feels more like a book rather than a jumbled up digital mess of words.
Also new to the latest Kindle Paperwhite is Amazon's new
typesetting engine and its latest font, Bookerly.
Aside from the upgraded screen, Amazon is touting the addition of Bookerly, «an exclusive font designed from the ground up for reading on digital screens» and a new
typesetting engine that «lays out words just as the author intended.»
The new Kindle Paperwhite also offers an all - new
typesetting engine that lays out words just as the author intended:
For example, the «all - new
typesetting engine» will nudge the tail of the letter y under the l in the word «quietly,» to make the letters fit better together.
The new Kindle Paperwhite obsesses over the details that matter most to readers — we've added our highest - resolution display so the words are crisp and clear on the page, a new font that is crafted exclusively for reading Kindle books, and a new
typesetting engine that makes pages beautiful.
I am no expert on kerning or ligatures, but I am impressed at the typesetting sophistication evident in Kindle's new
typesetting engine, coming within weeks to the new Paperwhite 3, as well as to the existing Paperwhite 2 and Voyage.
It's joined by a new
typesetting engine that the company claims will make drop caps, text and images adapt automatically with a «print - like layout dynamically [adjusting] for any combination of screen size and font setting.»
Bookerly isn't just about different shapes to the letters: the very way they co-exist on the digital page has changed thanks to the Paperwhite's brand new
typesetting engine.
The company added the new font and
typesetting engine to its Kindle apps in June and has since launched the new version of the Kindle Paperwhite with the improvements.
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