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kinddog · 01-28-2011, 11:34 AM

So I know there's no Georgia for Kindle 3 cause of copyright reasons, and the version for Kindle 2 makes Kindle 3's crash, but I've managed to make my own Georgia for Kindle 3, and I thought I'd share this with yo, for all those others like myself who really want a proper old-fashioned roman font for their books...

1. Procure for yourself a copy of Georgia font. It's four TTF files. I got mine from /windows/fonts off my Windows 7 installation.
2. Procure for yourself a registered copy of HighLogic FontCreator (demo won't save)
3. Make the following adjustments to each of the four TTF files using Tools -> Glyph Transformer:

Regular fonts : Effects -> bold horizontal 25, vertical 20

Bold fonts : Outlines -> scale horizontal 100% vertical 110% +
Effects -> bold horizontal 15, vertical 10

4. Save and rename the fonts according to the Kindle Schema, eg. Serif_Regular.ttf, Serif_Italic.ttf etc. Copy across to your kindle fonts folder.

My kindle is looking great now. Hope this helps some of you missing Georgia2 on the Kindle 3 :-)

01-28-2011, 11:34 AM	#1322
kinddog Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Kindle 3	Georgia for Kindle 3 So I know there's no Georgia for Kindle 3 cause of copyright reasons, and the version for Kindle 2 makes Kindle 3's crash, but I've managed to make my own Georgia for Kindle 3, and I thought I'd share this with yo, for all those others like myself who really want a proper old-fashioned roman font for their books... 1. Procure for yourself a copy of Georgia font. It's four TTF files. I got mine from /windows/fonts off my Windows 7 installation. 2. Procure for yourself a registered copy of HighLogic FontCreator (demo won't save) 3. Make the following adjustments to each of the four TTF files using Tools -> Glyph Transformer: Regular fonts : Effects -> bold horizontal 25, vertical 20 Bold fonts : Outlines -> scale horizontal 100% vertical 110% + Effects -> bold horizontal 15, vertical 10 4. Save and rename the fonts according to the Kindle Schema, eg. Serif_Regular.ttf, Serif_Italic.ttf etc. Copy across to your kindle fonts folder. My kindle is looking great now. Hope this helps some of you missing Georgia2 on the Kindle 3 :-)