Thread: Font Type vs Sony E-book Loading Speed
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Old 06-21-2008, 02:32 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by kusumo View Post
I'm currently creating an e-book for my PRS-505 and find that using different font types can have quite significant impact on loading speed.

For example. loading a 50-page book with Arial Narrow takes about 2min!

Is there an optimum font type (for Sony Reader) I should use when designing a book?

Thanks a lot!
If you want to embed fonts I think a PDF is your best bet. The PDF can be sized and formated for the Sony size screen. I am pretty sure rendering a PDF is different than an LRF. Granted I haven't tried it.

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