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[–]kri5 12 points13 points  (3 children)

Pardon my ignorance - what am I looking at here?

[–]imrudexPaperwhite (11th-gen) 7 points8 points  (1 child)

Maybe the T(?

[–]lord_frost_Kindle Paperwhite 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yup. Dropcaps are the more pronounced first letter of a chapter or section. So, here it's the 'T'. Usually in some books, they're heavily decorative.

[–]lord_frost_Kindle Paperwhite 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The letter 'T' which is more pronounced than the rest of the paragraph. Dropcaps are the more pronounced first letter of a chapter or section. Usually in some books, they're heavily decorative, even though here it's just a letter a few fontsizes bigger.

[–]neilwickPaperwhite (11th-gen) 2 points3 points  (5 children)

The big vertical spaces on drop caps on the Paperwhite does sort of bother me. I don't know why they do it like that. I expect they may continue working on the converter.

[–]jedigeoffrey[S] 3 points4 points  (4 children)

It’s because they convert to AZw3 on the paperwhite. On the scribe all “send to kindle” content is made KFX. KFX is a better format. If the paperwhite also forced a KFX conversion it would look just as good. I kinda hope they push an update to do so.

These are the same files, uploaded and downloaded the same day.

[–]neilwickPaperwhite (11th-gen) 1 point2 points  (3 children)

So I guess it happens when I download from my cloud library? I send my "Send to Kindle" documents to the cloud, not directly to any particular device.

[–]jedigeoffrey[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Yes! And it must be recent. Anything I had transferred before November of last year did not go KFX, but when I sent again it did.

[–]jedigeoffrey[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Note some features like X-ray won’t work in most cases

[–]quanganhdoPaperwhite SE (11th-gen) 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Interesting. I didn't know Amazon converts Send to Kindle content to KFX on Scribe. I use Calibre to directly send KFX to my Paperwhite to take advantage of those niceties (typography, wordwise, x-ray).

[–]jedigeoffrey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ya. I noticed my books looked different between the two devices, popped it into the computer and was surprised to see everything was KFX.

Apparently it has to be to use the features of the device.

[–]IguanaWanna 1 point2 points  (1 child)

How is the glare on the scribe? I'm seriously considering picking one up next time they go on sale

[–]jedigeoffrey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just as good as any other kindle, maybe a touch better. I love this thing. The fact that it converts my books directly to KFX is a nice touch as well, as it is the better format.

[–]feistyfirebirdPaperwhite SE (11th-gen) 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If my Paperwhite would automatically convert my send-to-Kindle files to KFX I would never ask Amazon for anything else ever again.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Yeah it wouldn’t bother me. Paperwhite is still superior to me

[–]jedigeoffrey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Different use cases for me. I’ve gotten old, so for at home reading I love the ability to use way larger text and take notes. The case makes this useable. Without the case, I’ll admit, it be a heavy pain in the ass to use. I would never hold this up as I read.

I still love my paperwhite. That’s my poolside, bath time reader. It also be my travel reader. I like having multiple kindles though. I have a fire for graphic novels as well.

If I only was able to have one, I’d stick to the paperwhite for reading. As is, I love this device.

[–]IrulantkPaperwhite SE (11th-gen) and Oasis 3 (10th-gen) 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Ive been playing too much fallout. I was like oh you bought a new kindle, yay!

[–]jedigeoffrey[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, I did! Just noticing one of the biggest differences between the two.