Thread: Which Kobo Embedded Font Do You Use Most Often?
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Old 07-07-2013, 07:59 PM   #68
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Device: kobo aura hd... maybe
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Originally Posted by jackie_w View Post
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.
I tried doing this for Bembo (using the name Arial) and while it shows up as Arial in the reader (and is on the TypeGenius list), I couldn't get it to work.

I renamed the font files, and also opened the files in Fontlab Studio 5 where I went to "Font Info" and renamed the fonts. Shouldn't this have worked? Is there something I'm missing? Can you provide the step-by-step process for renaming in a specific piece of software, for those of us new to the world of font-modification?
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