BD - how to get "monospaced" fonts?

HarryT · 04-20-2007, 07:11 AM

Does anyone know if there's a way to get a section of "monospaced" text in BD? Quite often in books there are sections of the text which need to be displayed monospaced - eg lists which have to "line up" - but I can't find any way of achieving this is BD. In some of my books I've resorted to doing "screen dumps" from "Notepad" and including those as graphics, but there must a better way

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I've tried doing it by setting one of the BD styles - eg "epigraph" - to use the "Courier" font, but this doesn't seem to work - I still end up with a proportional font in the final book.

Anyone have an answer to this?

NatCh · 04-20-2007, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

I've tried doing it by setting one of the BD styles - eg "epigraph" - to use the "Courier" font, but this doesn't seem to work - I still end up with a proportional font in the final book.

Well, that would have been my guess, so I'm fresh out of ideas.

RWood · 04-20-2007, 08:31 AM

Both Dutch and Swiss are proportional fonts. Courier is a monospaced font.

In Make eBooks|Sony Reader click on the Styles tab and select one of the existing Courier paragraph styles for your use or (easier) set the ones you use to Courier.

HarryT · 04-20-2007, 08:34 AM

That's exactly what I've tried doing - setting the "Epigraph" style to use Courier, and then marking the text I want to be monospaced as "Epigraph". Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work - the text still comes out with a proportional font in the final book.

JSWolf · 04-20-2007, 11:22 AM

Part of the problem is that the name of the Courier font is incorrect in the style page. You can embed a courier font if you want and that should work. The font name is Courier10 BT Roman and BD has it as Courier 10 Pitch Win95BT. That doesn't work.

P.S. I just tried embedding Courier and it worked fine.

HarryT · 04-20-2007, 11:57 AM

Excellent - thanks!

vvv · 04-20-2007, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Part of the problem is that the name of the Courier font is incorrect in the style page. You can embed a courier font if you want and that should work. The font name is Courier10 BT Roman and BD has it as Courier 10 Pitch Win95BT. That doesn't work.

P.S. I just tried embedding Courier and it worked fine.

Sorry, folk: the list of Reader's inner fonts in styles has been made for Readers wth cyrillic support where Courier 10 Pitch Win95BT is used.

If you want I can add Courier10 BT Roman to the list as 4-th font. But I am afraid that it will provoke more confusions...

HarryT · 04-20-2007, 01:43 PM

Yes - please do add it; it would be a big help, and it won't be confusing for those of us who now know the reason for it!

RWood · 04-20-2007, 01:55 PM

Please add it, I feel the confusion will be less than the frustration.

JSWolf · 04-21-2007, 09:46 AM

It would mean not having to embed a font that the reader actually has native.

04-20-2007, 07:11 AM	#1
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	BD - how to get "monospaced" fonts? Does anyone know if there's a way to get a section of "monospaced" text in BD? Quite often in books there are sections of the text which need to be displayed monospaced - eg lists which have to "line up" - but I can't find any way of achieving this is BD. In some of my books I've resorted to doing "screen dumps" from "Notepad" and including those as graphics, but there must a better way . I've tried doing it by setting one of the BD styles - eg "epigraph" - to use the "Courier" font, but this doesn't seem to work - I still end up with a proportional font in the final book. Anyone have an answer to this?

04-20-2007, 08:31 AM	#3
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	Use Courier Both Dutch and Swiss are proportional fonts. Courier is a monospaced font. In Make eBooks\|Sony Reader click on the Styles tab and select one of the existing Courier paragraph styles for your use or (easier) set the ones you use to Courier.

04-20-2007, 11:22 AM	#5
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 74,049 Karma: 129333562 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Part of the problem is that the name of the Courier font is incorrect in the style page. You can embed a courier font if you want and that should work. The font name is Courier10 BT Roman and BD has it as Courier 10 Pitch Win95BT. That doesn't work. P.S. I just tried embedding Courier and it worked fine. Last edited by JSWolf; 04-20-2007 at 11:24 AM.

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04-20-2007, 08:34 AM	#4
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	That's exactly what I've tried doing - setting the "Epigraph" style to use Courier, and then marking the text I want to be monospaced as "Epigraph". Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work - the text still comes out with a proportional font in the final book.

04-20-2007, 11:57 AM	#6
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Excellent - thanks!

04-20-2007, 01:43 PM	#8
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Yes - please do add it; it would be a big help, and it won't be confusing for those of us who now know the reason for it!

04-20-2007, 01:55 PM	#9
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	Please add it, I feel the confusion will be less than the frustration.

04-21-2007, 09:46 AM	#10
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 74,049 Karma: 129333562 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	It would mean not having to embed a font that the reader actually has native.

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