Aura font weight

[urbie]

Hello

Because of the screenlight i recently switched from Sony PRS-T1 to Kobo Aura (firmware 3.3) and till now i don´t regret that switch.
One question however. For me, with my old eyes, the letters seem a little blurred with lighted screen in the evening.
I tried to solve that by changing the font-weight ( font menu / advanced / thickness ) Moving the slider to the extreme right i see a clear change in the "before and after" example window.
However, after applying i don't notice a difference in the text i'm reading. Do i something wrong, a bug....who can give me a clue

[meeera]

Hmm, I seem to remember seeing something similar once or twice. Try restarting the device (not just sleep/unsleep, but a full reboot).

[Jellby]

Originally Posted by urbie

However, after applying i don't notice a difference in the text i'm reading. Do i something wrong, a bug....who can give me a clue

First, is the book actually using the font you have selected? If the book uses an embedded font it will ignore your selected font and, I guess, the sharpness settings.

Second, I've experienced the same problem with some fonts, but others work as expected. Try choosing a different font.

[urbie]

Thank you for answering. I did some research meanwhile and the conclusion is that the problem is epub related. (as Jellby indicated). Some books do respond to adjustments, some not (embedded fonts ?) Some even partially respond, the headers change but the textbody doesn't.
I suppose its repairable with Sigil or Calibre, however i also surmise it's a tedious job. Postponed job (-:

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by urbie

Thank you for answering. I did some research meanwhile and the conclusion is that the problem is epub related. (as Jellby indicated). Some books do respond to adjustments, some not (embedded fonts ?) Some even partially respond, the headers change but the textbody doesn't.
I suppose its repairable with Sigil or Calibre, however i also surmise it's a tedious job. Postponed job (-:

I've been using the Modify Epub plugin for Calibre to remove embedded fonts along with some other clean up such as those ebooks that are filled with empty <span></span> pair.

On a somewhat related note, I've been using JSWolf's modified Charis SIL since a good chunk of the modification was making the normal font heavier (not quite demi-bold but close) which I find easier to read under most lighting. As usual that is a personal choice so feel free to differ.

Regards,
David

[Ken Maltby]

You might want to try Koreader, it allows you to turn Embedded Style on or off. It also has an option to "Set render style" with:
"clear all external styles"
Auto
chm.css
cr3.css
dict.css
doc.css
epub.css
fb2.css
htm.css
rtf.css
txt.css

You can tweak those and/or add your own to the list.

Luck;
Ken

You should also checkout tshering's "Modifications for bad eyes" thread.

[shalym]

Originally Posted by Jellby

First, is the book actually using the font you have selected? If the book uses an embedded font it will ignore your selected font and, I guess, the sharpness settings.

Second, I've experienced the same problem with some fonts, but others work as expected. Try choosing a different font.

Is there not an option in the settings of the reader to ignore the embedded font and use the reader selected font? (most of my books are sideloaded kepubs, and I don't think I've ever run into a book with embedded fonts on my kobo)

Shari

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by shalym

Is there not an option in the settings of the reader to ignore the embedded font and use the reader selected font? (most of my books are sideloaded kepubs, and I don't think I've ever run into a book with embedded fonts on my kobo)

Shari

For a stock Kobo reader, you can't disable using the ebook's CSS. which includes any embedded fonts. Depending on which side of the fence you're on, this is a great feature or a massive failure. I've had an ereader that totally disregarded the internal CSS which came in handy with those ebooks whose stock CSS gave top, bottom and side margins that used up half the screen display. On the other hand, it messed up several books which looked good on my computer.

An option would be nice to have.

Regards,
David

[shalym]

Originally Posted by DNSB

For a stock Kobo reader, you can't disable using the ebook's CSS. which includes any embedded fonts. Depending on which side of the fence you're on, this is a great feature or a massive failure. I've had an ereader that totally disregarded the internal CSS which came in handy with those ebooks whose stock CSS gave top, bottom and side margins that used up half the screen display. On the other hand, it messed up several books which looked good on my computer.

An option would be nice to have.

Regards,
David

I agree that best would be to have the option to use the book's embedded formatting or not.

Shari