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Old 01-15-2013, 05:54 PM   #117
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Originally Posted by BeccaPrice View Post
Help! I just got my paperwhite, and want to do the trick to add custom fonts to it, but when I try to go to the blog site where the instructions were given for the USE ALT FONTS trick was given, I get a note saying "this site may be for sale" - can someone give me the directions for adding that file, and the Charis SIL fonts?

thanks!
The standard Charis SIL fonts and the original modified Charis SIL fonts have a line spacing that's a bit larger on an eInk Kindle. The modified Charis SIL Compact I posted (in this thread) recently are much nicer on a Kindle. They even make KF8 look good (without excessive line space).

What to do is take the original modified Charis SIL and put them in the fonts directory. Then take the new Compact version and rename them like so...

CharisSILCompactR.ttf <--- Regular
CharisSILCompactI.ttf <--- Italic
CharisSILCompactB.ttf <--- Bold
CharisSILCompactBI.ttf <--- Bold Italic

Then put those in the fonts directory and you will have Charis SIL and Charis SIL Compact in your font menu after you reboot. Then you can decide which you prefer and delete the other or just keep both.

Did you get the Compact Charis SIL from http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?64cse2dshispx08 or the ones from the SIL site? The ones from the SIL site sill have too much line spacing in KF8.

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