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GoingDown · 12-18-2012, 04:38 AM

I found out interesting thing when installing "Averia GWF" font.

If the filenames were (as default) "AveriaGWF-Italic.ttf" etc. the italics did not work.

Then, I opened the font in fontforge, and checked the font family name, which is "Averia GWF" (with the space). Then, I modified all font file names in Kobo to be:

Averia GWF.ttf
Averia GWF-Italic.ttf
Averia GWF-Bold.ttf
Averia GWF-BoldItalic.ttf

And the italics started to work. So, it seems that the kobo uses font family name plus the -Italic or -Bold to select the different versions of the font.

Maybe the same thing could fix the internal fonts too, I need to test more.

12-18-2012, 04:38 AM	#17
GoingDown Zealot Posts: 114 Karma: 1274 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Finland Device: Kobo Touch	I found out interesting thing when installing "Averia GWF" font. If the filenames were (as default) "AveriaGWF-Italic.ttf" etc. the italics did not work. Then, I opened the font in fontforge, and checked the font family name, which is "Averia GWF" (with the space). Then, I modified all font file names in Kobo to be: Averia GWF.ttf Averia GWF-Italic.ttf Averia GWF-Bold.ttf Averia GWF-BoldItalic.ttf And the italics started to work. So, it seems that the kobo uses font family name plus the -Italic or -Bold to select the different versions of the font. Maybe the same thing could fix the internal fonts too, I need to test more.