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Originally Posted by tschucha
add additional fonts
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Just add ttf or otf fonts to the fonts/ folder. The more important thing to think about is how to choose your fonts. The Kindle has only two fonts that were designed for ereading (Bookerly and Amazon Ember), and the rest of them were designed for print. But many more fonts have been designed for computer screens, and a few have been designed for e-ink screens. So, it is worth looking into what else is available. For sans serif fonts, it's good to have fonts that distinguish between I, l, and 1 and between 0 and O. Some good ones that do this include Fira Sans, Lexend, and Rambla. For serif fonts, it's good to have some that were designed for legibility on computer screens. Some of my most used serif fonts include Georgia, Literata, and Lora. Of these, Literata was also designed for ereading. Many OS fonts were designed for legibility on computer screens. I already mentioned Georgia, which comes with Windows, and I often read with the Ubuntu font. There are also large collections of free fonts on the internet you can browse through to find fonts you like. When picking any font, you want to make sure that it supports regular, italic, bold, and bolditalic. So, avoid fonts with just one style.
Since I got my Scribe only just recently, my font recommendations are based mainly on my experience with the Paperwhite 5. On the Scribe, I tend to increase the font size to keep the lines from having too many letters. With the increased font size, different fonts might work better than the ones I've been using on the smaller device. For example, I've noticed that the sans serif font Radio Canada works well for reading on the Scribe.