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Originally Posted by Muttly
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Well, yes, that's as may be but I'm comparing to the Kindles I've used for years that just worked. Every time, every book, with no problems whatsoever.
Just because something's not particularly buggy compared to something (a previous Kobo) that's quite buggy itself doesn't mean it's not extremely buggy.
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Well, in a thread about reporting bugs in the Kobo firmware, who cares about how many bugs are in the firmware on other devices? That was the view I was expressing. And disagreeing with your statement of "extremely buggy".
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Actually, I did (post #741). At least as far as the font files were concerned.
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Yes, but you only told me that after I had made comments about how files could disappear. Read what I said again. Maybe if my first sentence had been:
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Before this point, you had not told us when ...
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(It turns out they have not disappeared. The Kobo just refuses to use the standard font, insisting on using the bold.)
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Had you restarted the device after adding the fonts? This is required. I think the recent firmware is recognising the fonts immediately, but I wouldn't guarantee that they are used properly. And the the firmware is picky about the file names and the internal names of the fonts being consistent and in a particular format. If these are wrong the fonts aren't used properly. If there are any issues and these are not correct, then you cannot expect thing to work properly.
I'm to lazy to go back and look, but have you posted a link to the font? That gives others a chance to test and see if they have similar problems.
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The Kobo software knows if the file system is in a stable state. If it processes a shut down request when the file system is unstable, then that is a bug. Even Windows gets that right!
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Read my post. I said "force a restart". Not, "shutdown and restart". If the device crashes and restarts, or you hold the power button down for 20 seconds or so, then the device does not get a chance to shutdown cleanly and the file systems might be dirty. Exactly the same as if I pulled the power cord out of my Windows desktop.
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Sorry to harp on about it, but I'm used to the Kindle that just works straight out of the box. No patching or kludging required.
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And absolutely no patching or kludging needed for the Kobos. What people CHOOSE to do is up to them.