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Originally Posted by Lyn2012
I am using Helvetica Neue (nearest I can get to Helvetica on PW1) but am having the same problem and would love to add weight to the font instead of resorting to changing Regular for Bold. I've installed FontForge but haven't worked out how to use it.
I would like to add my plea for a tutorial for font customisation.
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Or install a professional font that has also optical sizes instead of only the regular text size version.
Which optical size look best on a ereader may vary from font to font, ereader and personal preferences. A good starting point might be you prefered ereader font size. Just look up the actual size in the kobo.conf file. Most users will find their prefered font sizes in the subhead, 14- to 24-point range.
Even then, some font tweaking may be necessery.
With the advent of photo and digital type technologies, most type manufacturers abandoned the design of optical masters, because it was economically more viable to produce a single master which was then scaled photographically or algorithmically to each point size. Unfortunately, typefaces generated from a single master have a limited range at which they look their best. For example, a typeface that performs well at text sizes may appear light and cramped at smaller sizes, and heavy and ungraceful at larger sizes.
Display types are designed to showcase the elegance of the letterforms and to compliment the smaller size ranges as a lighter and more refined version of the typeface. The display masters are designed with subtle and often stylized detailing, elegant proportions, and increased stroke contrast to help give larger sizes enhanced visual appeal. The display fonts are intended for type sizes above 24-point.
Subhead fonts are best for setting phrases in 14- to 24-point type and are well suited for use as a complement to body text. The subhead fonts represent a middle ground between text and display type, maintaining the practical concerns of readability, while displaying a greater degree of delicacy relative to text sizes.
Text fonts are the cornerstone of a composition family and are intended for 9- to 14-point type. Their weights and proportions have been carefully balanced for reading comfort at the most commonly used point sizes for setting extended text.
Caption fonts, with their sturdy non-idiosyncratic forms, are designed for maximum legibility and work best for 6- to 8-point type.
(Source: Adobe about Optical Sizes)