Readability is further aided by the inclusion of 11 built - in fonts, 50 font styles, and the ability to noodle
with font weight and sharpness.
The Vizplex factor doesn't really mean much, and
with the font weight settings it's a different story.
Not exact matches
I hate
fonts that call attention to themselves, and Helvetica is so clean and strong and elegant you can do almost anything
with it just by varying sizes, colors,
weights, spacing and placement.
Today, Amazon has ported over Ember Bold to the iPhone, giving readers who have vision disorders a
font with more
weight.
With Kobo, you have more stock
fonts to choose from, and you can even fine - tune
font weight.
With the Kobo's preloaded
fonts, you have the option to customize the
weight so that you can make the text appear bolder.
I'd also be curious if Mr. Wheeler would like to see a requirement for optional all - bolding or variable -
weight fonts to increase perceived contrast — an issue especially of interest to some aging Americans
with bad eyesight?
I still like print books but I'm also enjoying e-books > I agree
with the pros you mentioned, especially the
weight and the ability to adjust the
font size.
One of the biggest complaints that people
with vision problems had
with the Amazon Kindle line of e-readers is that regular
weight fonts difficult to read.
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).
You know, the one that also includes the Georgia
font as it does on the Fire tablets, an update
with more
font size options and
font weight adjustments?
As Kindle lover Chen is apt to point out, the Kindle 2 is just half the
weight of the DX, but I counter
with this lazy man's factoid: Even using a slightly larger
font, I can see the equivalent of two and a half Kindle 2 pages on a DX screen.
You can adjust how small or large it is, and depending on the reading device or app you use, you can often change
font type,
font weight, text alignment, spacing — and
with tools like Calibre you can pretty much format an ebook any way you want if you're determined to do so.
Speaking of advanced options, Kobo is the only company to balance general level options to control simple functions but it also appeals to power users
with being able to control
font weight or even the bright / dark levels of the text.
I do agree
with you that capacitive is inferior to infrared as the sharpness isn't quite as noticeable as in the previous generation but
with the patches that's a non-factor as you can adjust
font weight.
You can also sideload your own TTF and OFT
fonts by placing them in a folder titled «
fonts» on the Kobo drive, but you can't adjust
weight with sideloaded
fonts.
TypeGenius, Kobo's
font experience
with a choice of 10
font styles, 24
font sizes, and adjustable
font sharpness and
weight.
I like Kobo's ability to control
font weight along
with greater choice of
fonts.
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.
If you wanted to stick
with one
font family (e.g. Helvetica, or Arial) you can create beautiful
font pairings by using the different
font weights.
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.
I'd like a way to change
weight of all
fonts with a slider control.
If you look really, really closely blacks are slightly darker on Pearl screens, but
with the Kobo Mini's
font weight settings the difference is negligible.
Additionally, customize your reading to your heart's content
with 11
font styles and 35 sizes, as well as exclusive
weight and sharpness settings.
Kobo's device allows full customization of the
fonts,
with the TypeGenius feature offering the chance to fine - tune the sharpness and
weight of the
font, giving you 50
font sizes and 11 typefaces to choose from.
The new Kobo Aura H2O comes equipped
with a 6.8 ″ Carta E-ink touchscreen at 265 ppi for a print - quality reading experience, and using various settings like 50
font sizes, 11
font types, adjustable margins, built - in dictionary,
weight & sharpness settings and more, the eReader makes your reading more personalized.
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.
The latter is lavishly comprehensive,
with a choice between seven
fonts and 24
font sizes and their exact
weight and sharpness (it all makes a big difference), while the home menu has plenty of options, too.
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.
The bold field names were replaced
with a lighter
weight font.