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db105 · 07-13-2022, 11:14 AM

So, I'm downloading free fonts that I want to try on my new Oasis, and I get several ttf files... Sometimes it's just the Regular, Italic, Bold and BoldItalic versions, and I copy all of those to the fonts directory of my kindle and it seems to work fine.

But sometimes I get a whole font family (ExtraLight, ExtralightItalic, Light, LightItalic, Regular, Italic, Medium, MediumItalic, SemiBold, SemiBoldItalic, Bold, BoldItalic, Black, BlackItalic...) when I sideload all of those, I seem to get the extralight version when I choose that font on my device.... should I just copy the regular, italic, Bold and BoldItalic and ignore the rest?

07-13-2022, 11:14 AM	#1
db105 Zealot Posts: 146 Karma: 8302546 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: kindle	Sideloading fonts: what's with all the font files (light,regular,medium,semibold...) So, I'm downloading free fonts that I want to try on my new Oasis, and I get several ttf files... Sometimes it's just the Regular, Italic, Bold and BoldItalic versions, and I copy all of those to the fonts directory of my kindle and it seems to work fine. But sometimes I get a whole font family (ExtraLight, ExtralightItalic, Light, LightItalic, Regular, Italic, Medium, MediumItalic, SemiBold, SemiBoldItalic, Bold, BoldItalic, Black, BlackItalic...) when I sideload all of those, I seem to get the extralight version when I choose that font on my device.... should I just copy the regular, italic, Bold and BoldItalic and ignore the rest?