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Originally Posted by Latinandgreek
Was there a lack of diacritical support overall on the device, or did only the fonts mentioned not support diacritics? I have to say, the lack of diacritical support might be a deal breaker.
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Diacritical support has improved but I found that Charis SIL gave me the best diacritical support and with JSWolf's modified version which has a slightly higher weight, the screen was easier to read in lower lighting. As you may have noticed, quite a few PC fonts look very light on the Kobo (Century Schoolbook is an example).
For me, the diacriticals became an issue with several science fiction/fantasy authors who liked using diacriticals in names so I was seeing names with blocks in them (blank blocks, blocks with x's, blocks with ?'s) and found them very annoying. Check David Weber's Bahzell series for a collection of names with macrons and carons.
The three fonts mentioned have an issue where a piece of text marked as italic would display as bold instead.
Regards,
David