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Originally Posted by jackie_w
Thanks for those tests, Peter.
So, to summarise: - Take your favourite sideloaded font family (with good coverage of your required character sets), which normally looks a bit lightweight on the Kobo, especially with the frontlight on.
- Rename the 4 font files, inside and outside (using a font editor), as Delima or Rockwell or Felbridge or Times New Roman (maybe others???).
- Sideload to \fonts and reboot Kobo.
- Use your favourite font just like a fully adjustable Kobo font.
- Keep fingers crossed, they don't remove the option in the next fw update
Sounds like a nice new trick for those who need it and who have access to a font editor. I'll double-check later with a couple of my favourites.
Update: Yes, it seems to work OK. |
Thanks, it proves that TypeGenius works with sideloaded fonts too when the name is in the "TypeGenius" font list and the (renamed) font is present in the \fonts folder.
It basically means TypeGenius can be enabled for all fonts present on the device.
Kobo should rewite the TypeGenius code that enables these advanced settings for all fonts. Then it is a 'unique' selling feature that makes Kobo devices stand out of many others.
I wrote 'unique' becaused it isn't really unique. The Bookeen Cybook Odyssey (HD) has a similar (even the same?) feature to make a font bolder. Unfortunate, this reader isn't available in North America (as far as I know).
My guess is it probably proofs that Kobo implements features that are natively available in a rendering engine (or as engine add-on; making a feature available for all customers/companies that use the engine) in a very limited way.
Like:
- kepub only
- advanced font customization (TypeGenius) only available for a limited number of fonts
While other hardware manufacturers/vendors implement these features less limited. E.g. work with all books or all fonts.
For discussion’s sake. I know Kobo uses a different engine for kepubs and epub. Let's leave that out of the discussion. Features that are available for kepubs only could also made available for regular epubs (like onther vendors do). Features that are available but Kobo chose to enable those only for kepubs to make kepubs at least 'appear' better than regular epubs. Did they succeed with it? That is another discussion too.