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Slava · 10-12-2006, 03:19 PM

Thanks to Igorsk hint about CONNECT software, and some digging, here is an update on built-in fonts.

CONNECT Software is pretty accurate in rendering pages, so one can use it instead of Reader to check how book will look like.

It comes with three fonts located in ..\Data\fonts\ directory

tt0003m_.ttf: Swis721 BT Roman (looks like Arial)
tt0011m_.ttf: Dutch801 Rm BT Roman (looks like Times New Roman)
tt0419m_.ttf: Courier10 BT Roman (well, what do you think?)

All fonts made by Bitstream Inc.

All fonts have following ASCII(?) charsets
- Western
- Greek
- Turkish
- Baltic
- Central European

CONNECT Software and Reader display those charsets just fine.

kconfig.xml has following instructions (I believe this is how Reader replaces fonts it doesn't have with built-in ones to display RTF files. See examples of such replacements.)

Code:

		<extension href="[applicationPath]textenginefreetype"/>
		<ui>
			<font face="Swis721 BT" href="[bbebFontPath]" engine="FreeType">
				<family name="roman" uses="Dutch801 Rm BT"/>
				<family name="swiss" uses="Swis721 BT"/>
				<family name="modern" uses="Courier10 BT"/>
				<family name="script" uses="Dutch801 Rm BT"/>
				<family name="decor" uses="Dutch801 Rm BT"/>
				<family name="tech" uses="Courier10 BT"/>
			</font>
		</ui>

I hope Sony can replace built-in fonts with ones (hint Unicode) that have more charsets.

10-12-2006, 03:19 PM	#6
Slava Addict Posts: 285 Karma: 129 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New England Device: PRS-500 · iPad · K3	Thanks to Igorsk hint about CONNECT software, and some digging, here is an update on built-in fonts. CONNECT Software is pretty accurate in rendering pages, so one can use it instead of Reader to check how book will look like. It comes with three fonts located in ..\Data\fonts\ directory tt0003m_.ttf: Swis721 BT Roman (looks like Arial) tt0011m_.ttf: Dutch801 Rm BT Roman (looks like Times New Roman) tt0419m_.ttf: Courier10 BT Roman (well, what do you think?) All fonts made by Bitstream Inc. All fonts have following ASCII(?) charsets - Western - Greek - Turkish - Baltic - Central European CONNECT Software and Reader display those charsets just fine. kconfig.xml has following instructions (I believe this is how Reader replaces fonts it doesn't have with built-in ones to display RTF files. See examples of such replacements.) Code: <extension href="[applicationPath]textenginefreetype"/> <ui> <font face="Swis721 BT" href="[bbebFontPath]" engine="FreeType"> <family name="roman" uses="Dutch801 Rm BT"/> <family name="swiss" uses="Swis721 BT"/> <family name="modern" uses="Courier10 BT"/> <family name="script" uses="Dutch801 Rm BT"/> <family name="decor" uses="Dutch801 Rm BT"/> <family name="tech" uses="Courier10 BT"/> </font> </ui> I hope Sony can replace built-in fonts with ones (hint Unicode) that have more charsets. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Slava; 10-12-2006 at 03:25 PM.