Hello,
Does anyone of you have nearer Information about the rasterization of type on different e-readers? My only clou is, that kindle uses iType from Monotype but that doesn’t say anything about the rasterization in and of itself. (Apple B&W, Apple Greyscale, Freetype B&W, Freetype Greyscale, MS B&W, MS Greyscale – maybe for the E-Ink series?)
If you would design a typeface for e-readers, what kind of hinting would you concentrate on to get a nice and smooth result?
Has anyone of you ever done a type project for this kind of device who could say more about it?
Is there a good workflow you would recommend (working with Glyphs or with Fontlab etc.)?
I’m working on this subject for my bachelor thesis and I would be grateful for any information. The typeface I design should be suited for the e-ink display devices with a low resolution (something between greyscale and B&W) and also for the e readers with color screens.
Thanks a lot!
Lukas
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Most e-readers have a screenshot function, so you can compare differently hinted versions of a font, and take screenshots to overlay them on the computer which makes it easier to spot changes.
Google Play Books also uses a custom font, Literata by TypeTogether. The fonts are on Github though I don't know if it is the same version as used in Play Books. The fonts are also unhinted TTFs.