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Old 12-10-2013, 11:23 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by RbnJrg View Post
The ".mobi" file generated by Kindle Previewer contains two types of files: a .kf8 (in order to be read for the modern models of Kindles) and a "properly" .mobi (the old kind of mobi) in order to be read for Kindle DX and the older Kindle devices. When in Kindle Previewer you enabled the Kindle Fire and Kindle Paperwhite preview, you are watching the ".kf8 part" of the .mobi file AND YOU SHOULD SEE the sans-serif font; on the other hand, when you enable the Kindle DX preview, you are watching the ".mobi part" of the .mobi file AND HERE YOU CAN'T HAVE the sans-serif font. Probably you are previewing your eBook with the Kindle DX preview; try enabling Kindle Fire or Paperwhite and tell us if you can see the sans-serif font.
I am aware of the fact that ".mobi" files generated from kndlegen actually contain other files (as a side note, I thought it included one more file, the original, no?) for backwards compatibility reasons.

I am not aware however which of the devices available in the Previewer are supposed to be new (as in "use .kf8") and which are old

To answer you, I tried all of them and since sans-serif works in none of them I just assumed it works to neither new or old.
Just to be sure we are on the same page (no pun intended) here is the list of the available devices I see:

-Kindle e-ink
|-Kindle Paperwhite
|-Kindle DX
-Kindle Fire
|-Kindle Fire HD
|-Kindle Fire HDX
|-Kindle Fire HDX 8.9"
-Kindle for iOS
|-iPhone
|-iPad

As a side note, monospace is not working on Kindle Paperwhite.
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