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jswinden · 07-19-2012, 01:52 PM

I just updated to the latest Kindle Previewer 2.51 and one of the new features is a "preview mode to emulate displays as on the Kindle Touch device." The Devices menu now contains the item Kindle Touch. And interestingly when you select Kindle Touch from the Devices menu a Font Face menu becomes active in the Aa menu and contains these six items:

Caecilia
Caecilia Condensed
Baskerville
Futura
Helvetica
Palatino

The Font Face menu is only active when Kindle Touch is selected. It is greyed out for all other devices including the Kindle Fire. Hmmmm.

I wonder if they simply screwed up and activated for the Touch instead of the Fire? Or perhaps a new firmware update for the Touch will add more fonts? I'm hoping for the latter, though I suspect the former.

EDIT: I tried each of the six font faces from the Font Face menu while the Devices menu was set to Kindle Touch and each displays a different font. I'm still curious if these were meant to be used for the Fire. Anyone with a Fire, what are your font choices?

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07-19-2012, 01:52 PM	#1
jswinden Nameless Being	Kindle Previewer 2.51 adds 6 Font Faces for Kindle Touch preview mode I just updated to the latest Kindle Previewer 2.51 and one of the new features is a "preview mode to emulate displays as on the Kindle Touch device." The Devices menu now contains the item Kindle Touch. And interestingly when you select Kindle Touch from the Devices menu a Font Face menu becomes active in the Aa menu and contains these six items: Caecilia Caecilia Condensed Baskerville Futura Helvetica Palatino The Font Face menu is only active when Kindle Touch is selected. It is greyed out for all other devices including the Kindle Fire. Hmmmm. I wonder if they simply screwed up and activated for the Touch instead of the Fire? Or perhaps a new firmware update for the Touch will add more fonts? I'm hoping for the latter, though I suspect the former. EDIT: I tried each of the six font faces from the Font Face menu while the Devices menu was set to Kindle Touch and each displays a different font. I'm still curious if these were meant to be used for the Fire. Anyone with a Fire, what are your font choices? .... Attached Thumbnails Last edited by jswinden; 07-19-2012 at 02:51 PM.