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Originally Posted by kinddog
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 :-)
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Thank you so much for this! I'm almost there -- the only possible glitch is my italic ttf font seems a tad larger than my regular font. I'm not sure I understood your directions entirely. Were ANY changes to be made to the italic font? Your lead-in says make the following adjustments to each of the four ttf files, but then only has categories (I think) for regular and bold. Do I apply either or both of those adjustments to the italic ttf file? How about the bolditalic ttf file? I'm sure I am misunderstanding somehow, but maybe you (or someone else) can clarify for me? Thanks in advance
Edit: OK, I think I figured it out. Kinddog's Regular adjustments get applied to both the Regular and the Italic ttf files; his Bold adjustments get applied to both the Bold and the BoldItalic ttf files. Yes?
Also, I think I was not initially using Glyph Transformer right. I thought it was showing me the properties of my opened font; instead, it appears to be giving scripts to run and apply to your existing font. In essence, you need to input Kinddog's adjustments as your script to apply -- make sure his adjustment is the only one showing in the right-hand pane of Glyph Transformer before you click OK.
Hope that makes it easier for someone else who is as new to font manipulation as I am.