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Old 05-07-2013, 10:00 AM   #23
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Originally Posted by roger64 View Post
@DNSB

Thanks for your help. I did two mistakes while renaming four files which is indeed not very brilliant... Now it's OK.

But, if each ebook dealer requested like Kobo to use special naming conventions for fonts, what a mess! As a new Kobo user, I am still very surprised by these - ... - requirements.
The explanation from one Kobo developer was that QT does not allow easy instrospection of font files. Rather than spending the developer time on working around this issue, they went with a simple naming convention where the font family name is followed the font style/weight.

Given that this is a restriction only when adding your own fonts to a Kobo ereader, it does not strike me as overly onerous.

And I do like Linux Libertine for it's glyph support. I prefer the weight of Charis SIL for reading but at least another font to choose when you get tired of seeing diacriticals rendered as blank boxes.

Regards,
David
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