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Old 07-11-2019, 01:47 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by NiLuJe View Post
Yeah, the folder with those GUID-filled kePub files you found is definitely *NOT* where you should sideload stuff, as it's behind a hidden folder (here, .kobo), and hidden folders are explicitly excluded from the Library (as far as side-loading is concerned) ;).

As for the fonts, as @davidfor mentioned, you'll have to create the directory first, it's unhelpfully not part of the standard directory structure.
So let's say — to try being organized about it — I create a directory off the root called "Sideloads" (or something equally imaginative) and copy ePubs or PDFs there. That'd be a good enough location? Or should I be using some other "parent" directory? Same question w.r.t. to the parent directory for a "Fonts" subdirectory.

Which file format does the Kobo prefer for fonts, or does it care? It'd be useful if I could tweak the sideloaded fonts' weights (stroke widths, I guess), though I realize you can't do that with all possible fonts. There's one serif face supplied with the Kobo that I like the best, but alas, no weight changes possible with that one.

Perhaps it would be simpler to let Calibre take care of it. I used Calibre a bazillion times when I needed, erm, cough cough, to make B&N ebooks accessible to, uh, another e-reader app. But if I can do this by just copying .epub or .pdf files at the command line, that's fine too.

Thanks very much to all who replied.
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