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Originally Posted by diftcsx
I've tried adding Chinese fonts to a font folder in the Aura's internal storage and they do show up on the ereader, but the characters are still all squares. I've looked around the modified fonts sticky and other places but I don't quite understand how to make it work...? I'm sorry, I'm not very familiar with ereaders.
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I'll try to do this as a step by step guide.
Step 1: Create a folder called fonts in the root of the Aura's internal storage. As usual with Linux, the name is case sensitive.
Step 2: Copy the font file you want to use into that folder. Make sure the font file name matches the internal font name -- I like Code2000 since the name already matches. Oddly, the font file names are not case sensitive.
Step 3: Once you have the fonts directory created and the correctly named font files copied into place, safely remove the Kobo from the computer. Then hold the power switch until the Aura says powered off. This must be done before you can use the font. Once the Aura is powered off, power it back on and wait for it to reboot.
Step 4: Open the ebook you want to read and tap the middle bottom of the screen. You should see a menu on the bottom of the screen. Tap the Aa icon. This brings up the font selection screen. Use the drop down to locate the font you want to use and select it. If you have the correct font, the screen will take a few seconds with updating font at the top the screen and then display your ebook correctly.
I've attached a couple of screen captures from A Dream of Red Mansions by Xueqin Cao courtesy of Gutenberg. A couple of them use the Code2000 font, the other uses Microsoft's Arial MS Unicode font. I've also attached a screen shot of the root directory of my Aura, the contents of the fonts directory and Windows Fontviewer with CODE2000.ttf open.
I hope this is of some help to you.
Regards,
David