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Old 08-28-2008, 06:59 PM   #186
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Originally Posted by Peto View Post
Yeah, me too. Seems easier than it is.
I must be lucky then... although there's IMO a limited amount of things you could screw up. Basically, you need to:

1. Rename the font file correctly.
2. Edit the font's metadata correctly, and this can be relatively easily done with FontCreator.
3. Make sure you're working with a TrueType font, and NOT an OpenType one, because that will surely brick your reader. If you have an OT font, you can convert it to an OT font with TT outlines with FontCreator, and the Reader supports those (I'm running just such a font file on mine).
4. Place the file in the correct folder of the universal flasher.

That's it, from what I can see. You can only mess up one (or more) of those steps, I can't see where else you could go wrong. I got everything working on my first try, in a whole 15 minutes. No bricking, nothing. Had to reload my books again though, for correct pagination (although that is to be expected).

EDIT: If there's demand, I would be willing to write up a detailed, step-by-step guide (with screenshots) on how one can easily change their default fonts.

Last edited by Valloric; 08-28-2008 at 07:06 PM.
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