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Originally Posted by dordale
I'd like to see Amazon officially support custom fonts as well--or even unofficially--such as by allowing the "Use_Alt_Fonts" trick. I really don't see what that hurts--only the more serious users who go to places such as mobileread to learn all they can about their devices will use the trick and those who just want to use their Kindles as is with no mods will be perfectly happy.
I can see why Amazon might not want to officially support the "Use_Alt_Fonts" trick--if they officially supported it, they'd probably be peppered with questions from casual users who can't get it to work. But, I don't see any reason why they don't just leave it in there as an undocumented feature--available to more sophisticated users.
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There are probably legal reasons Amazon is not currently supporting it. They might want to avoid legal action or threats of action by font owners who don't want their fonts placed on devices without proof they were purchased. That is just a guess though. But even still, Amazon could provide legal mumbo jumbo that states users must use fonts legally. After all, Microsoft and Apple could care less what fonts you put on computers running their operating systems. They make no attempt to police your usage of fonts. Neither should Amazon.
And it is true that some fonts that look good on a computer or tablet look like poop on a Kindle (or any eInk reader). Once again Amazon could use legal mumbo jumbo that states user fonts might not look well or work properly and that they are not responsible if that occurs.