05-17-2012, 09:04 PM | #1 |
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Nook STR - custom fonts
Is there a simple way to add additional fonts to the Nook STR? I used to have a Kindle and I loved the fonts that were added when I was able to jailbreak it. Now, I don't want to do the whole "rooting" process on my STR, as most of it is unnecessary for me, but I really don't like any of the STR fonts. I want to customize it. Can I do it through Calibre? Is there a simple (not necessarily quick, but simple) way to do this?
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05-17-2012, 10:29 PM | #2 |
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To the best of my knowledge rooting is the only way.
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http://phanquochuy.me/?p=114 and this thread http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/...rs/td-p/494819 Last edited by livramax; 05-18-2012 at 10:28 AM. |
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And the second thread was definitely too technical for me - when it asked to convert fonts, it was WAY over my head! Last edited by aterry13; 05-25-2012 at 10:41 AM. |
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- I keep my 4 font (MinionPro) files (MinionPro-Bold.otf, MinionPro-BoldItalic.otf, MinionPro-Italic.otf, MinionPro-Regular.otf) in a folder (named minionpro) in C:\Program Files\Calibre2\resources\embeddedfonts -- i.e. complete path is "C:\Program Files\Calibre2\resources\embeddedfonts\minionpro" - Info for the "Customizing the plug in" menu (our Font Plug In is under "File type plug-ins"): Font source: Use embedded font Font name: MinionPro (note: this is the common-part of the font files' name without the font-type suffixes) Font Extension: otf (note: this is file extension suffix of the font files) Embedded Font Path: C:\Program Files\Calibre2\resources\embeddedfonts All other fields are left with their default values. Hope the above help. Last edited by livramax; 05-25-2012 at 09:45 PM. |
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06-01-2012, 07:25 PM | #7 |
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Would this work with a ttf?
So basically, I am embedding the font into the document rather than through the Nook. Would the font still be adjustable (size wise) and if I switched the font by mistake, am I replacing any of the font choices on the Nook with this font? Any help is greatly appreciated. I really miss my Droid Serif font from my kindle. These Nook fonts aren't working for me...! Well, in the meantime, I will give it a try....wish me luck! Last edited by aterry13; 06-01-2012 at 07:31 PM. |
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Well..it didn't work. At this point, either this is way over my head or I am a complete numbskull and I am missing something obvious! I wish I could just change the six font options (or whatever) that comes on the Nook to five choices I want. Will rooting let me do that? Does anyone know? If so, then could someone give me the link to learn to do that?
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I discovered that for some reason the Default-Font-Change plugin stopped working after I upgraded from release 0.8.41 to 0.8.54, and it works again after I rolled back to 0.8.41. Also, I browsed the Nook ST's /system/fonts directory and found that Droid Serif as well as Droid Sans Serif fonts are already included there (but unfortunately do not get used by the Nook eReader). Hence you should be able to configure the Calibre Font-Change Plugin to make use of these fonts with the following Plugin configuration: - Font Source: Use Device's System Fonts - Font Name: Droid - Font Extension: .ttf - System Font Path: (I would suggest as a start keepingthe default value "system/fonts") Last edited by livramax; 06-03-2012 at 10:22 PM. |
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I do not see getting to those file folders without rooting in.
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In my limited experience with manually tweaking the format of ebooks in epub form I noticed that there is significant variance in their structures which I think would make quite a challenge for any given format conversion program to handle all of them equally effective. Perhaps you can try converting them in 2-passes: first from rtf to epub without the font conversion plug_in (by just disabling the plug_in) then from epub to epub with the font conversion plug_in. Quote:
{ "font_config_sys_font_path": "system/fonts/", "font_config_mode": "USE_EMB_FONT", "font_config_output": "default", "font_config_ext_font_path": "system/media/sdcard/my fonts/", "font_config_font": "MinionPro", "font_config_ext": ".otf", "font_config_emb_font_path": "C:/Program Files/Calibre2/resources/embeddedfonts/" } Last edited by livramax; 06-11-2012 at 08:22 AM. |
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