Thread: Firmware Update Kindle firmware 5.12.1
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Old 07-10-2019, 05:01 PM   #25
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From my earlier post in this thread ...
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I'm having a lot of crashes on my "new" Paperwhite using 5.12.1 firmware. Of course it's a new to me Paperwhite 2, so I don't know if it's firmware or hardware issues that are causing the crashes. Just curious if anyone else is having issues since upgrading to 5.12.1.

EDIT: It appears to be font related. So long as I change to a built-in font before opening a new book everything is fine. If I use one of my custom the program will often (not always) crash. Once I've moved to a new book I can change to my custom fonts without any issues. So the work-around is pretty easy.
It's definitely some kind of issue with fonts. I ran into the same problem on my Kindle Basic (8th Generation). Same solution. Go to another book that doesn't crash, change the font to one of the built-in ones, and the books opens without the error (doesn't actually crash, just won't open).
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