Favorite Fonts - Page 3

lmarie · 03-17-2008, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by slayda

My recent Cybook (NAEB's first 100) had Verdana and Georgia but not Courier.

That's odd. Mine was also in the NAEB first 100, but came with Courier, Georgia, and Verdana.

ggendel · 03-18-2008, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by IceHand

Today I switched from Palatino Linotype to Adobe Warnock. Warnock is very legible even at small sizes and works great on the Cybook – for print I still prefer Palatino and Garamond though.

Did you have to convert it to truetype fonts, or does the Cybook handle Adobe font formats?

Gary

HarryT · 03-18-2008, 08:23 AM

It supports TrueType and OpenType fonts.

IceHand · 03-18-2008, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ggendel

Did you have to convert it to truetype fonts, or does the Cybook handle Adobe font formats?

Gary

It's an OpenType font and thus I did not have to convert it as the Cybook supports TrueType and OpenType fonts.

FrancisT · 03-25-2008, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Pumpa

Also i need Unicode fonts

for showing accented characters...

Palatino Linotype as mentioned by others is a unicode font. Using it I was able to display fully accented pages from a greek new testament which is about as obscure as you can get.

bwaldron · 03-25-2008, 03:53 PM

Speaking of favorite fonts, I've found that I really like using Constantia on my Cybook. It is supplied by Microsoft with Vista and Office 2007 (how I got it), but I believe is also available with the free Powerpoint 2007 viewer (for those using Windows machines).

Gudy · 03-26-2008, 09:56 AM

I'm in love with the Free UCS Outline Fonts from the GNU Project.

They may not be as beautiful as Palatino or some of the other fonts mentioned here, but they are extremely crisp and very, very legible. In fact, "Free Serif" is the first serif font I have no complaints about when used on that 600x800 e-ink screen.

IceHand · 03-26-2008, 03:17 PM

I had some trouble with too large line spacing with some fonts and now that I figured out how to fix that using FontForge, I'm a big fan of Dolly [review] which is free for educational purposes (you need to ask the creator Underware). As you can read in the review, Dolly is very robust and offers dark colour, which makes it perfect for the Cybook. The only downside is, that the ß (Geman Eszett) looks a bit unusal, but I bought a custom version adapted for me where the ß looks great too.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bwaldron

Speaking of favorite fonts, I've found that I really like using Constantia on my Cybook. It is supplied by Microsoft with Vista and Office 2007 (how I got it), but I believe is also available with the free Powerpoint 2007 viewer (for those using Windows machines).

Yes, the free Powerpoint 2007 viewer includes alle these new fonts and I have to say that Constantia looks very good!

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03-18-2008, 08:23 AM	#33
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	It supports TrueType and OpenType fonts.

03-25-2008, 03:53 PM	#36
bwaldron Wizard Posts: 1,229 Karma: 543210 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Gatlinburg, Tennessee Device: Kindles: Paperwhite Signature Ed., Oasis 2, Voyage	Speaking of favorite fonts, I've found that I really like using Constantia on my Cybook. It is supplied by Microsoft with Vista and Office 2007 (how I got it), but I believe is also available with the free Powerpoint 2007 viewer (for those using Windows machines).

03-26-2008, 09:56 AM	#37
Gudy Wizard Posts: 1,154 Karma: 3252017 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Germany Device: Pocketbook Touch Lux (623)	I'm in love with the Free UCS Outline Fonts from the GNU Project. They may not be as beautiful as Palatino or some of the other fonts mentioned here, but they are extremely crisp and very, very legible. In fact, "Free Serif" is the first serif font I have no complaints about when used on that 600x800 e-ink screen.