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Old 01-02-2012, 07:55 AM   #276
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@Timur,

Re: Nook Amasis - that's very interesting and somewhat perplexing, because that's exactly how I did acquire the Nook fonts to try out on my Sonys. Admittedly it was a few weeks ago.
Nook Amasis Regular font is called Amasis30.ttf sized 83,420 bytes
PRST1 Amasis Regular font is called AmasisMTW1G.otf sized 122,660 bytes

The Nook Amasis shows most of the Turkish chars, but not all, when used on my Sony. The PRST1 Amasis shows all of them. See attached screencaps, 1st is Nook, 2nd is PRST1. The same epub on the same PRS650 reader was used for both screencaps.

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Which version of Amasis is better (T1 or nook)?
@JSWolf,
That would depends on your point-of-view. Based on visual clarity I'd say Nook Amasis because it's a heavier font (like a semi-bold) -- presumably that '30' in the filename is describing font-weight. However, if you need non-English char support then the T1 is probably more versatile.

IMO the Amasis font is rather nice. Amasis Regular has the benefits of the Kindle Caecilia fonts (clear, plain, simple) with the added benefits (again IMO) that Amasis Italic is more elegant than Kindle Caecilia Italic and Amasis has a bigger difference between bold and non-bold.
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