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Originally Posted by paola
Hi had already downloaded Gentium, but it does not show on the list of fonts (PB903) - kacir, you mentioned recently that one shouldn't "overload" the 360 with too many fonts, so do you know if there is a limit?
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On PB360 you simply put the ttf file in X:\system\fonts directory and when you disconnect the reader and open configuration screen in FBReader the fonts will be there. I expect that PB903 shouldn't be different.
It is difficult to say what is the magic number that causes reader to become unstable, but I would say that 20 user installed fonts (with four ttf files for each, representing Regular, Italics, Bold and Bold Italics) shouldn't cause any problem, and over 200 installed fonts (up to 800 files!) might cause some instability, not to mention problems when choosing from a loooong list of available fonts. Mind you, even in that case you will only see occasional spontaneous restart when visiting font configuration screen.
We have had quite a few lively threads about fonts, just look up threads with keywords such as "droid", "gentium", "caecilia", "lexia dama" (a very nice, *free* caecilia lookalike (Caecilia is font used by Kindle)), "fontin", "lido stf". There are hundreds of sites out there with many, MANY, ttf and otf fonts available for download (free and legal or otherwise ;-))
Also have a look in your Windows font directory. Microsoft supplies some great fonts with MSOffice that sell for hundreds of bucks separately. Linux users can install packages containing "font" keyword and then use program called FontMatrix to view fonts and locate ttf files.