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Originally Posted by Maillemom
Hi randyman - If you have time could you give me a tutorial of side loading fonts? I really need a bold font to be able to read while working.
Trice
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No problem – it’s very, very simple – especially if you’ve been using iTunes to transfer your epubs to your iPad or iPhone.
If you’re used to that procedure, all you have to do is drag your individual font files – Open Type, Post Script, or True Type (other fonts may be supported; I don’t know) into the same iTunes window where all your epub documents are listed.
Make sure you drag them as individual files; not enclosed in a folder or archive. Then just sync your iPad or iPhone as usual, to transfer the files.
Go to your device, and shut down Marvin if it’s already running. Open it again, and open
EPUB Book Settings. Scroll down to
Custom Fonts, and click
Manage.
Press the red “+” button. Now you can assign individual fonts to the four available categories. Make sure they’re all from the same family. Repeat this procedure for each family you’d like to add.
That’s it! Now your new fonts will be available in any epub you open.
In your particular case, where it sounds like you want everything to show up bold, you’ll need to assign
bold fonts to the regular and
italic categories – not just the
bold and
bold-italic categories. This will make everything show up as bold whenever you assign this particular font. (I haven’t tried this myself; I’m just guessing that Marvin won’t care if you do this. I could be wrong!)
If you’re not familiar with transferring files via iTunes, there is a help screen available from the drop-down menu at the top right of any collection or list screen. Just head down to
Get Books From and press
iTunes drag-and-drop; it will explain the procedure.
Remember, you should be using the latest OS version, the latest version of iTunes, and the latest firmware on your devices.
I hope this helps; good luck! If you have issues, just post again. We’ll get it happening. Kris is going to be very busy for a while, and I’m sure forum members will be happy to help as best we can.