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Document Default | 8 | 5.44% | |
Amasis | 22 | 14.97% | |
Avenir Next | 9 | 6.12% | |
Caecilia | 27 | 18.37% | |
Georgia | 48 | 32.65% | |
Gill Sans | 5 | 3.40% | |
Kobo Nickel | 10 | 6.80% | |
Malabar | 13 | 8.84% | |
Gothic | 4 | 2.72% | |
Ryumin | 2 | 1.36% | |
OpenDyslexic | 3 | 2.04% | |
Other? | 20 | 13.61% | |
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07-09-2013, 07:39 PM | #76 | |
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P.S. I deliberately tried to sideload the fonts with the same name to get full range of characters & the advanced font options without resorting to renaming the fonts. |
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07-09-2013, 07:56 PM | #77 |
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Update: I have completely removed the Amasis, Caecilia and Malabar from the Kobo f/w. I also renamed Avenir to Avenir Next and KoboNickel to Kobo Nickel, then applied the update.
The Cyrillic characters still don't show in those three fonts which leads me to believe there may be some other issue in play. The bold vs. italics problem went away for Avenir Next and Kobo Nickel fonts. |
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07-10-2013, 07:55 PM | #78 |
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OK, finally got it to work. I don't know what makes Gill Sans good enough to be picked up from the /fonts directory, but Amasis, Caecilia & Malabar were apparently still on the device even after I removed them from the upgrade file, being preferred to sideloaded versions. So, I added
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rm -rf /usr/local/Trolltech/QtEmbedded-4.6.2-arm/lib/fonts/Amasis*.ttf rm -rf /usr/local/Trolltech/QtEmbedded-4.6.2-arm/lib/fonts/Caecilia*.ttf rm -rf /usr/local/Trolltech/QtEmbedded-4.6.2-arm/lib/fonts/Malabar*.ttf |
07-10-2013, 08:33 PM | #79 |
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@dmapr,
Just to backtrack a little... Am I understanding this right? Are you saying that the only reason that the standard built-in fonts Gill Sans, Avenir, Kobo Nickel are currently problematic with italic/bold is because those font files have incorrect filenames deep within the zipped up fw upgrade files? And this is the problem that the Kobo Developers have so far refused to fix because 'everything's OK in kepubs'. If I've understood you correctly, I'm utterly gob-smacked This surely would be a <30sec fix for whoever is creating the fw zip files? Personally, I never use those 3 fonts but it must be affecting a lot of users. Update: Well I've answered my own question, I couldn't resist testing it myself. I have a Glo which was still on fw 2.6.1a, so I took a copy of the Glo 2.6.1b zip file and renamed the font filenames inside KoboRoot.tar (inside KoboRoot.tgz) using 7-zip 4 x Avenir*.ttf to Avenir Next*.ttf Then I sideloaded fw 2.6.1b in the normal way. The 3 problematic fonts do indeed seem 'cured'... and it was painless.4 x GillSans*.ttf to Gill Sans*.ttf 4 x KoboNickel*.ttf to Kobo Nickel*.ttf Thanks, dmapr Last edited by jackie_w; 07-10-2013 at 09:20 PM. Reason: update after testing |
07-10-2013, 10:32 PM | #80 |
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@jackie_w,
Yes, it's amazing they're refusing to fix something as trivial as this. Your modification is exactly the same as what I did. |
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Maybe it could be useful to share the fixed zipped upgrade files, either here or in the firmware-for-sideloading thread? |
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07-11-2013, 12:08 AM | #82 |
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I think refuse is way to strong a term.
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07-11-2013, 12:23 AM | #83 |
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07-11-2013, 12:45 AM | #85 |
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Trust me when I say a fix is forthcoming,
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07-11-2013, 12:51 AM | #86 |
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It is likely that there is something else going on that prevents them using this fix. A possible reason is a license that means they can't rename the files. Or some other code that is relying on the current file names.
And as PeterT said, a fix IS coming. And it wasn't a file name change. |
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07-11-2013, 04:30 AM | #88 |
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Malabar for me :-)
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07-11-2013, 05:08 AM | #89 |
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I spent the last days wading through the last patches with an hex editor and am slightly optimistic that we will see more fixes in the future, and hopefully a somewhat a more systematic approach.
A lot of old legacy code was removed from 2.5.1->2.6.1, like f.e. broken plugins for the adobe reader app, and many internal modules were updated. The size of the reader and nickel module alone shrunk by 20%, that's a lot of old apparently unused code gone. Last edited by ewphoenix123; 07-11-2013 at 05:12 AM. |
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I still think that letting this problem fester for several fw revisions (all since 2.1.5 ???) was a bad management decision. Losing 3 of the advertised TypeGenius-aware built-in fonts is a big percentage. Especially for those preferring to read in sans-serif, who lost both of the only 2 available. |
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