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Spiral · 05-09-2023, 11:49 AM

I want to use custom fonts by put them in the "font/" directory in kindle and not embeding them.
So I firstly write an epub3 book and transform it into azw3 to read in kindle. So I defined

Code:

@font-face { font-family:"songti"; src:
local("LXGW Wenkai Screen R"),
local("STSong");}

in my .css file and use the font in tags of xhtml.
The built-in font, "STSong", is used in a fallback way, which means the custom font "LXGW Wenkai Screen R" is not working correctly.

I think there are two possible reasons for fail:

The font name is not correct
I can not use the custom font the same way as use the built-in fonts, instead I have to use url to access the custom font in "fonts" directory.

Is it possible to achieve my goal? Any help is warmly welcomed!

05-09-2023, 11:49 AM	#1
Spiral Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2023 Device: kindle	How can I use custom fonts while not embeding them? I want to use custom fonts by put them in the "font/" directory in kindle and not embeding them. So I firstly write an epub3 book and transform it into azw3 to read in kindle. So I defined Code: @font-face { font-family:"songti"; src: local("LXGW Wenkai Screen R"), local("STSong");} in my .css file and use the font in tags of xhtml. The built-in font, "STSong", is used in a fallback way, which means the custom font "LXGW Wenkai Screen R" is not working correctly. I think there are two possible reasons for fail: The font name is not correct I can not use the custom font the same way as use the built-in fonts, instead I have to use url to access the custom font in "fonts" directory. Is it possible to achieve my goal? Any help is warmly welcomed!