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Old 12-05-2013, 11:50 AM   #62
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Worked here too! Thanks.

Just adding my thanks. Got Georgia truetype running on my PW2 with 5.4.2, and it looks great. (Don't ask me to share the font files though -- they're copyrighted and extracted from my licensed copy of Word.)

Just a couple of things I stumbled on, in case it helps other noobs. First, don't bother with the rescue pack -- it's not yet updated for the PW2. I also didn't set up an SSH for what that's worth -- simply because I don't know how. I had, however, already installed the jailbreak, the KUAL prerequisites and KUAL, all from NiLuJe's snapshot thread, and was also running the screensaver hack. So I had some confidence I was at a good starting point (and, also, because of screensavers, had the needed python package running too).

Downloaded the linkfonts zip file, also from snapshots, unzipped and put the extracted .bin file in my Kindle root. Then updated my firmware (do NOT press restart). Once done, I dropped my four truetype files into the linkfonts/fonts folder on my Kindle. Then restarted the framework through the KUAL menu, as NiLuJe instructs.

Here's the tricky part (at least for me). I think if you're using the four versions of true type fonts, you can skip a lot of the rest of the instructions. I went straight to the part about "font overrides" and the KUAL menu there. NiLuJe says this in his post 43, but it's not totally clear from the OP or the Readme if you only see those. Then I only selected the "condensed" version and then went to the "custom" choice and there, saw a single tab for my Georgia fonts and selected it (you get an arrow mark next to it). Quit KUAL and voila, I was done. Opened my book, selected Caecilia Condensed font, and it was beautiful. Also no need (for me at least) to go into the "freetype override" stuff.

NiLuJe, I trust you'll correct the above if I'm steering anyone wrong, but I was sort of confused by the OP and Readme, hence this post in the hope it might help someone else.

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