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JSWolf · 11-23-2010, 07:56 PM

I was at Borders today and got a chance to play with the Kobo and Kobo wifi. Both have a serious bug that I am surprised not to have read about on MR. This bug is serious enough that I would never ever recommend a Kobo reader to anyone until it's fixed.

The settings where you change the font to serif or sans-serif breaks an important ADE feature. It breaks embedded fonts. You get the default ADE serif or sans-serif font. So if you have an ePub with an embedded font like the Larsson eBooks, then you don't get the correct font.

This is a bug that never ever should have been allowed to leave the factory.

11-23-2010, 07:56 PM	#66
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,036 Karma: 147977995 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I was at Borders today and got a chance to play with the Kobo and Kobo wifi. Both have a serious bug that I am surprised not to have read about on MR. This bug is serious enough that I would never ever recommend a Kobo reader to anyone until it's fixed. The settings where you change the font to serif or sans-serif breaks an important ADE feature. It breaks embedded fonts. You get the default ADE serif or sans-serif font. So if you have an ePub with an embedded font like the Larsson eBooks, then you don't get the correct font. This is a bug that never ever should have been allowed to leave the factory. Last edited by JSWolf; 11-23-2010 at 10:28 PM.