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wallcraft · 01-25-2009, 01:34 PM

The following might work.

Make a directory fonts in the root directory of your CF card and copy the .ttf font files into it. Reboot.

I have found that some fonts crash the reboot. It that happens, just remove the CF card and reboot again. You can then delete the offending font and try again.

I think the above is sufficient for version 0.8.14.

For FBReader 0.8.04 there is the additional problem that $HOME is redefined to be _local/home on the CF card (and $HOME/.fonts.conf is what allows the fonts CF directory to contain fonts). I have not found a completely satisfactory work around for this.

An alternative that requires the use of xterm or a script is to copy the font to one of the predefined internal font directories, for example the directory:

Code:

/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-western-default

One problem with this is that space is limited on these directories. Also, if adding the font crashes the reboot process you will have to reinstall the firmware.

01-25-2009, 01:34 PM	#2
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	The following might work. Make a directory fonts in the root directory of your CF card and copy the .ttf font files into it. Reboot. I have found that some fonts crash the reboot. It that happens, just remove the CF card and reboot again. You can then delete the offending font and try again. I think the above is sufficient for version 0.8.14. For FBReader 0.8.04 there is the additional problem that $HOME is redefined to be _local/home on the CF card (and $HOME/.fonts.conf is what allows the fonts CF directory to contain fonts). I have not found a completely satisfactory work around for this. An alternative that requires the use of xterm or a script is to copy the font to one of the predefined internal font directories, for example the directory: Code: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-western-default One problem with this is that space is limited on these directories. Also, if adding the font crashes the reboot process you will have to reinstall the firmware.