Adjustable Text Sizes, Font Choices
Kindle has eight adjustable font
sizes to suit your reading preference. You can increase the text size of
your favourite book or newspaper with the push of a button. If your
eyes tire, simply increase the font size and continue reading
comfortably. Kindle also has three font styles to choose from - all
optimised and hand-tuned to provide the best reading experience.
Custom Fonts
Kindle uses hand-built, custom
fonts and font-hinting to make words and letters more crisp, clear, and
natural-looking. Font hints are instructions, written as code, that
control points on a font character's line, improving legibility at small
font sizes where few pixels are available. Hinting is a mix of
aesthetic judgments and complicated technical strategies. We've designed
our proprietary font-hinting to optimise specifically for the special
characteristics of electronic ink.
Support for Non-Latin Characters
Kindle supports the display of
non-Latin characters, so you can read books and documents in the
translation that's right for you. Kindle displays Cyrillic (such as
Russian), Japanese, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), and Korean
characters, in addition to Latin and Greek scripts.
Real Page Numbers
We match the pages of a Kindle
book to the text in a print book to identify the corresponding "real"
page number. Easily reference and cite passages or read alongside others
in a book club or class. Available on tens of thousands of our most
popular Kindle books. Page numbers are displayed when you push the menu
button.
Precise 5-Way Controller
Kindle has an easy-to-use 5-way
controller, enabling precise on-screen navigation for selecting text to
highlight or looking up words. No on-screen fingerprints.
Fast Page Turns
Kindle's powerful processor is tuned for fast, seamless page turns.
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Whispersync
Our Whispersync technology
synchronises your last page read, bookmarks and annotations across your
devices so you can always pick up where you left off.
Free Library Backup
We automatically back up your
library in the cloud, so you never need to worry about losing your
books. Re-download wirelessly anytime for free.
Search Wikipedia and the Web
Kindle makes it easy to find what
you're looking for. Just enter a word or phrase and Kindle will search
every instance across your Kindle library, in the Kindle Store, on
Wikipedia, or the Web using Google search.
Built-In Dictionary with Instant Lookup
Come across a word you don't know?
Kindle includes The Oxford Dictionary of English with over 250,000
entries and definitions for free. Kindle lets you instantly look up the
definition without ever leaving the book - simply select the word with
the cursor and the definition will automatically display at the bottom
of the screen.
Supports Children's Books and Comics
Kindle supports children's books
with Kindle Text Pop-Up, and comic books with Kindle Panel View which
allows you to read a comic book panel by panel.
Personal Document Delivery
Kindle makes it
easy to take your personal documents with you, eliminating the need to
print. You and your approved contacts can e-mail documents - including
Word, PDF and more - directly to your Kindle and read them in Kindle
format. You can also send documents to your Kindle using Send to Kindle.
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