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roger64 · 03-16-2013, 05:34 AM

Hi

A new KoboGlo user from this morning (at long last, they delivered...). Version 2.4.0 of February 2013. My previous device was a PRS-505 which died of overwork three weeks ago after four and a half years of intensive service.

As far as the fonts are concerned, I am overall very happy with the KoboGlo offer (Amasis, Avenir, Caecilia, Georgia, Gil Sans, Kobo Nickel, Malabar, Gothic MB101, Ryumin, Open Dyslexic). I will add some other fonts that I will place in a fonts folder as advised.

embedded fonts

One minus is that I cannot read properly my own EPUB books which make use of embedded fonts, even when I select "Document par défaut" (default doc). I get a lot of strains on the screen. Of course, if I switch to any Kobo "factory" font, it gets better, but I still do not get a correct display of the "Linux Libertine Display" font that I use for titles and dropcaps because it seems that Kobo does not provide a replacement for it. I have read that this is an unresolved Kobo bug and I just can confirm it.

The display of my PDF books (published in 6 inches format) with exactly the same embedded fonts and dropcaps, on the other hand is just perfect.

I will report later with my other fonts trials (including ttf and otf fonts).

semibold

I have had the opportunity to open a Kindle set of fonts. I remarked that, contrary to the Kobo set, all the regular fonts were in fact semibold. Of course, they look probably darker on the screen but I consider this not to be needed.

I will try to use semibold fonts to replace not regular but bold fonts (and semibold italic to replace bold italic)

03-16-2013, 05:34 AM	#36
roger64 Wizard Posts: 2,608 Karma: 3000161 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Kindle PW3 (wifi)	Hi A new KoboGlo user from this morning (at long last, they delivered...). Version 2.4.0 of February 2013. My previous device was a PRS-505 which died of overwork three weeks ago after four and a half years of intensive service. As far as the fonts are concerned, I am overall very happy with the KoboGlo offer (Amasis, Avenir, Caecilia, Georgia, Gil Sans, Kobo Nickel, Malabar, Gothic MB101, Ryumin, Open Dyslexic). I will add some other fonts that I will place in a fonts folder as advised. embedded fonts One minus is that I cannot read properly my own EPUB books which make use of embedded fonts, even when I select "Document par défaut" (default doc). I get a lot of strains on the screen. Of course, if I switch to any Kobo "factory" font, it gets better, but I still do not get a correct display of the "Linux Libertine Display" font that I use for titles and dropcaps because it seems that Kobo does not provide a replacement for it. I have read that this is an unresolved Kobo bug and I just can confirm it. The display of my PDF books (published in 6 inches format) with exactly the same embedded fonts and dropcaps, on the other hand is just perfect. I will report later with my other fonts trials (including ttf and otf fonts). semibold I have had the opportunity to open a Kindle set of fonts. I remarked that, contrary to the Kobo set, all the regular fonts were in fact semibold. Of course, they look probably darker on the screen but I consider this not to be needed. I will try to use semibold fonts to replace not regular but bold fonts (and semibold italic to replace bold italic) Last edited by roger64; 03-16-2013 at 07:08 PM.