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Originally Posted by jswinden
I'm not sure what the default font(s) are for LRF files. I assume they would be the same as used for ePubs. The thing about LRF books is that they can come with embedded fonts, so I never really paid much attention to the default font(s) they use.
Some fonts have only a single file associated with them and I believe Dutch801 Rm BT Roman might be one such font. For example, in my Windows/Fonts folder I have a font named Arial Rounded MT Bold (version 1.0.0). If I right-click the font and open the properties menu I see that the file name is arlrdbd.ttf.
However some fonts have multiple files associates with them. For example, if I double-click on the font Times New Roman another folder is displayed showing four font styles each with it's own file, as follows:
- Times New Roman Bold: timesbd.ttf
- Times New Roman Bold Italic: timesbi.ttf
- Times New Roman Italic: timesi.ttf
- Times New Roman Regular: times.ttf
Whenever you replace the Sony standard font you have four styles for which you can substitute another font file. These are like those in the font Times New Roman. The styles (style might not the correct terminolgy) are:
- Bold
- Bold Italic
- Italic
- Regular
So far each of these styles you can substitute a font file. Remember though that you don't have to substitute all four with the same font. You can use an Arial font file for Bold, a Segoe UI font file for Bold Italic, and so forth. |
brilliant, thank you so much for your help. I am learning loads anyway
I finally ran the CSS in epub and used myfont, myfonti, myfontb, myfontbi as the font then I have renamed my chosen font files to match and its working great.
By doing it this way I can change my font choices just by renaming them, rather than having to redo the css and epub files, saves me time and effort and I can change fonts at will till I find one Im happy with. Plus when my hubby puts the books on his 300 he can use the font he wants without changing my epub file.
To mimic the lrf font I used the Dutch one sony use then used the bold, italic and bold italic from Georgia and it looks good, so Im happy
Still deciding between that and Grandesign Neue, that is nice too and closer to my Kindle fonts, so great to have the choice without redoing the books each time.
Thanks again, your guide and continued advice was so helpful, thanks for being patient with a css newbie
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