But today, Amazon is making a big step towards better typography on the Kindle. Not only are they unveiling Bookerly, the first typeface designed for the Kindle for scratch, but they’re finally solving the Kindle’s typesetting problems with an all-new layout engine that introduces better text justification, kerning, drop caps, image positioning, and more.
I’ve never used iBooks because it lacks the platform diversity of Amazon Kindle where I can read my books on any computer, smartphone or tablet or on a dedicated eReader. However, Kindle has lagged behind iBooks in readability since the beginning. Kindle still isn’t perfect but it’s nice to finally see some improvements.
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