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Originally Posted by Stino
Wow! This font hack even works on the new Kindle Paperwhite with firmware 5.3.0.
1.) just plug in the Kindle to your OS
2.) copy an empty file with name USE_ALT_FONTS to root directory of kindle (internally the root device is /mnt/us/)
3.) create an folder "fonts" (/mnt/us/fonts)
4.) copy your fonts to this folder (4 files for each font: Fontname-Regular.ttf, Fontname-Italic.ttf, Fontname-Bold.ttf and Fontname-BoldItalic.ttf)
5.) restart your Kindle and from now on you will see in the "Aa" menu of the standard reader app your own fonts as well
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I'm going to add a possibly redundant clarification here, but it caught me out anyway. If you just skim those instructions (which, obviously, you should read carefully), it's easy to be caught out by the use of the word "root" in them if you're used to Unixy things. When the directions said "root", I immediately created /USE_ALT_FONTS and /fonts. However, the "root" being spoken of in the instructions isn't actually the root of the file system, just the starting point that shows up on your computer when you mount the Kindle normally. So the files really need to be /mnt/us/USE_ALT_FONTS and /mnt/us/fonts. Which the directions totally say, but like I said, if you're just skimming them and you're used to Unix, the use of "root" in them will send you off in the wrong direction until you read slowly and carefully, rather than rushing through them the Nth time.