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Old 12-24-2019, 06:08 AM   #4
rcentros
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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger View Post
My Oasis 2 on 5.12.2 also has issues. Even books that never caused problems before. Happened after the update and Kindle wanted to do some font updates. Guess it didn't made the changes to the custom font I had. I ended up, after too many freezes, just getting rid of the custom fonts. Didn't have a problem since. Maybe it will work removing the custom fonts, restarting once or twice, and putting them back? Try if that helps, I am no longer fiddling around with it. Falling back to Caecilia Condensed, which works just fine for me
I don't want to give up my custom fonts, they're darker and my eyes don't like the lighter fonts. So, I guess, I'll keep using the work-arounds. I know you can make the built-in fonts bolder, but then they start losing their shape. I'm glad I was able to freeze the Kindle PW 3 at 5.9.7 -- it works fine with the custom fonts for everything. I'm guessing Amazon found that most people didn't care about custom fonts so it's not a high priority to keep this feature working.

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Originally Posted by Sirtel View Post
I have not had any problems with custom fonts on 5.12.2, neither with Send to Kindle docs nor sideloaded books. But all my books have been edited in Calibre and embedded fonts removed. Perhaps that helps.
I haven't had any trouble with side-loaded books, but my custom fonts don't play well with anything I download from Amazon on 5.12.3. What's weird is that the old PW 2 (stuck at 5.12.2) works fine on all books, except for the "Send to Kindle" ones. But the Kindle Basic (8th Generation) didn't. I kind of wish Amazon would fix this.

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