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Originally Posted by dmapr
So… do you think it's time to graduate the Custom GUI system fonts from beta1 to RC or (gasp!) GA?  |
I'm not sure whether it's a bit niche to be an official patch. After all, my quick & dirty 'Custom GUI system fonts beta1' patch only targets the GUI for book lists.
I had the impression that the conclusion from our recent thread about Kobo GUI for unsupported languages was that the best method for giving the GUI a full facelift font-wise, was by fully renaming (internal/external) your GUI serif font-of-choice to Georgia then sideloading it to the /fonts directory. And similarly renaming your "best" sans-serif font to 'Avenir Next'. No need for any patches if you do it this way. Plus it will survive firmware upgrades.
I've done this on the 2 Kobos I actually read on with no obvious ill effects. Of course I don't really need it because English speakers don't have the Kobo GUI problems that Russian, Vietnamese, Chinese readers do, but it doesn't harm to test these things long-term to see if any snags crop up.