Anybody with a Kindle?

[XmisterIS]

I ask because I am dyslexic and there's nothing I hate more than academic text books that are printed in a tiny font, with single line spacing and the text appears as just one big, dense blob on each page.

It takes me ages to read a book like that, my eye jumps about all over the place.

I love double-spaced books where the eye can follow the line - I can rattle through books like that in a jiffy.

So with a Kindle, can you adjust the layout/font of the book that you're reading? E.g. can you make it 12pt font, arial, double spaced, if you want to?

 

[ELL]

have a look here. I keep thinking about getting one

 

[LosingFocus]

You can adjust the font, font size, line spacing, the whole damn shooting match. Awesome thing.

 

[Oxo]

If you rub two kindles together you get a boy scout.

 

[Oxo]

I bet typesetters hate them!

I wonder how many people choose Times New Roman?

If serifs are your thing, why not?

 

[ohnovino]

I bet typesetters hate them!

I wonder how many people choose Times New Roman?

There are worse fonts they could choose.

 

[Bluebell72]

The birthday fairy is bringing me one...

I am so looking forward to holidays and trips where I don't have ten books in my suitcase/rucksack.
I'll be able to buy books on holiday from junk and charity shops instead

 

[swee'pea99]

The changing font size is one of my favourite things. It takes about two seconds. Brilliant around this time of year...when the light starts to fade at the end of the day, just make the font a bit bigger. Sorted.

 

[LosingFocus]

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The changing font size is one of my favourite things. It takes about two seconds. Brilliant around this time of year...when the light starts to fade at the end of the day, just make the font a bit bigger. Sorted.
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I love flipping the screen to landscape, such a minor thing, but so handy!

 

[guitarpete247]

The birthday fairy brought the GF one just before we went on our jollies to Greece this summer. She even allowed me to download my paper (free 2 week trial). Which we did whenever we found free wi-fi in cafes or bars. Really quick downloading whole papers or books. Brill bit of kit.

 

[ColinJ]

Download the Kindle previewer application for PC or Mac. It accurately emulates the Kindle display so you can play about with it and see what you think. (The legibility of the actual Kindle display will probably be better though.)

 

[asterix]

I have kindle on my laptop. It means I can plug it in to a big telly and read a book on TV. Being a cheapskate I only buy free books.

 

[citybabe]

I absolutely love mine.

You can change the font size and the linespacing very quickly and easily to whatever is comfortable for you

 

[vernon]

The birthday fairy is bringing me one...

I am so looking forward to holidays and trips where I don't have ten books in my suitcase/rucksack.
I'll be able to buy books on holiday from junk and charity shops instead

Aren't you familiar with the weight emulator?

To give the Kindle something approximating to the feel of a book it gets progressively heavier as books are loaded into it. Don't whatever you do download Encyclopaedia Britannica it will take you over your personal luggage weight allowance an all of the major airlines.

 

[Headgardener]

Exellent piece of kit, love mine. Would advise getting a cover for it as it protects the screen and keeps the unit clean.