01-31-2013, 10:28 AM | #361 |
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Caecilia! I used to read with Helvetica, but I realized that it's easier to read with a serif font.
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Update: I just looked at DejaVu Serif online and I think it looks like a pretty good book font. I wish it was available on my iPhone but all I see is DejaVu Sans which isn't as neat. Last edited by grant.ben08; 01-31-2013 at 10:38 AM. Reason: Updating information |
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01-31-2013, 10:33 AM | #363 |
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Does anyone know if KindlePreviewer is good enough to show the fonts correctly in Kindle PW mode?
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Wasn't Caecilia the name of the designer's wife? I read that somewhere a few days ago. Therefore maby he doesn't like us speaking about "thin", "fat", "weight" and "sharing" with regard to this font Hehe. If I'd make a fat version of DejaVu Sans, it would actually be called DejaVu Sans Fat, and be fatter than the original, exactly opposite to what the name says Quote:
If you want it for the Kindle and like thin fonts (Goodfish certainly is thin), then you could use the default version. If you would like to try a version as fat as Caecilia, then try mine from some posts higher up Quote:
Therefore I don't expect fonts such as DejaVu Serif Fat to work well on older e-readers; the font might be too fat there. Last edited by Katsunami; 01-31-2013 at 11:11 AM. |
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My iPhone is jailbroken and I get my fonts through Cydia.
I do prefer the thinner fonts and so the regular DejaVu. I just put it one my KPW and it does look pretty good. It's nice to have more than one good font so when I feel the need to change things up I can. |
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Open Sans is another font I've been told to try. It was put out by the same people who have Amasis. There's even several bold versions and it's free.
My favorite Sans Serif font is Nokia Pure. It just looks amazing on the Kindle. |
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It can be found in the N9 Fonts pack online. (I suppose I can't place a direct link, but I did just find it). There is a light, regular and bold version; no italic or bold italic is in the pack. Don't know if they exist either.
Did you find a version that also has italic and bold italic? (Don't know if I'll try it; it's a non-serif font, which I normally don't like for reading long texts.) |
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There are no italic or bold italic versions. Just the three you mentioned.
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My understand that the first released version of that font was called Nokia Pure Text and that it's missing some glyphs. It's a beta font and it crashed Kindles. The later version released is the one you want. XDA I believe has the fixed version.
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However, when I put it on my PW and reset it, I got an error message 'Your Kindle is broken - contact tech support'. After another reboot it worked, but I couldn't see any of my 'custom' fonts. (After removing the .ttf's everything is back to normal.) FontForge did complain that the PS name contained a space - could that be what the PW barfed at? I tried to change the name - but I must admit that I still haven't mastered the UI of FontForge. Can you give some less subtle hints as to where a 'working' font can be found? Last edited by Popup; 02-01-2013 at 06:52 AM. |
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