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Originally Posted by jackie_w
I don't know of anyone else who has reported trying to replace an existing Kobo built-in font with a sideloaded font of the same name. I deliberately only sideloaded fonts without a built-in equivalent already present.
Regarding Gill Sans, I wonder if it's a coincidence that the only one of your test fonts which DID work is the one whose built-in equivalent DOESN'T currently work properly (bold instead of italics problem)? The other built-in fonts which are currently known to be problematic are Kobo Nickel and Avenir Next.
As an aside, I've also occasionally wondered whether it's a coincidence that the 3 problematic built-in fonts are the ones containing a space in their name?
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Good questions -- I was wondering about those, too. With respect to the name, the
Gill Sans has a space in the name, but not in the filename. I tried both with and without space, but it was still picking up the sideloaded font. For what it's worth, I do not have the bold instead of italics problem with the sideloaded
Gill Sans (with the space in the name, haven't tried without)
. Also, the Avenir Next filenames in the Kobo are just Avenir (not Avenir Next) and the Kobo Nickel filenames are missing spaces.
P.S. I deliberately tried to sideload the fonts with the same name to get full range of characters & the advanced font options without resorting to renaming the fonts.