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Originally Posted by Muttly
A couple are not trying to help me, they are trying - entirely pointlessly, it's a very minor problem - to deflect the blame from the Kobo to somewhere else.
In fact, they are just wasting my time, their time, and anyone else who is daft enough to read all this drivel because they are missing one VITALLY important point.
The font files worked correctly whilst I read two books. They then stopped working. At this point they no longer worked on the two books for which they previous had worked.
Anybody with a reasonable grasp of computer diagnostics would make the following inferences:
1) The font files are not formatted in a way in which the Kobo cannot use them because it did, indeed, use them to render two books.
2) It is not some odd interaction between the book and the font file because when the Kobo fails to use the font it fails on the two books which previously rendered correctly.
In fact, my guess is that the problem is not related to fonts per se, but to something else that has gone awry within my device.
Except that:
The font files worked correctly whilst I read two books. They then stopped working. At this point they no longer worked on the two books for which they previous had worked.
Sorry to repeat myself but this point has been made repeatedly and either people haven't bothered to read it or they are unable to make the logical inferences appropriate.
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You are probably referring to me. Please go back and reread my posts. At no time have I said there is not a bug. At no time have I said that what you are seeing isn't happening. Hell, I haven't even denied that Kobo firmware probably has more bugs than the Kindle firmware. I can't judge that because I have never used a Kindle device outside a shop. Also, I'm pretty sure that I have only been rude are insulting in only one post. And that was in direct response to your rude and very insulting statements.
What I have been trying to work out is what actually is happening. That is, what is happening beyond the obvious statement that the font is not being used properly. And why it is happening. And can you get it working again. And, most importantly of all, get detailed information so that when you report the problem to Kobo, you will be able to make it clear what is happening and hopefully make it easier for them to fix. That is important as since you are the only person who has so far reported the problem, it will probably be hard for them to reproduce.
All this is why I asked the questions about the font files. I wanted to know if they were put onto the device in the manner the firmware expects. I wanted to know if they were still there. And all you can do is state that they worked before, they work under Windows, that you know more about fonts the rest of us (I'm perfectly willing to concede that), that you know more about software development than the rest of us, and in particular me (I've expressed my opinion on that) and that because things work in a particular way elsewhere, they must work the same on the Kobo devices. What you have not done is to is try and work out what is actually going on.
Lets look at one of those claims: The work in Windows. Great. But, that doesn't mean the fonts have to work in the Kobo devices. The two things use different font engines. Windows has the benefit of large amounts of disk, RAM and CPU to do the rendering. The Kobo devices have a lot less. Because of that, the developers have to make choices. They take shortcuts such as using common file names. They might choose not to support particular font types or options. And the bugs will be different.
Now, while I have been slowly typing this, I see that you have finally tried replacing the font files, and, no surprise to me, things are working properly. Of course, you have decided that it's something in the software and not a fault in the font files. I have no idea. But, did you check the files on the device just in case something had happened to them? Or kept a copy so you cold put them back and see if they still don't work?
Yes, I know this post is a complete waste of my time. You are just going to call me a fanboy. That I am being unhelpful, have no idea what I am talking about, don't know what is going on and have no interest in actually helping. Or something like that. We'll just have to disagree on that.
But, I'll repeat my earlier plea: Please do not use calibre with your Kobo device.