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RootlessAgrarian · 01-09-2010, 02:32 AM

So.... what if I'd like to read an old-fashioned novel in an old-fashioned typeface like Caslon or Goudy Old Style?

So far I have managed to discover that .ttf fonts can be placed in the /fonts directory on the SD card. They do indeed become available in the Settings/Fonts menu. However, selecting a font does not appear to have any effect on any epub book I try to read.

I see some disturbing language in online discussions of Hanlin font substitution, like "PDFs and epub docs have their own font path" but so far I have not discovered where that path might be.

Does anyone know where I could put ttf fonts so that the Hanlin (currently with Tirwal firmware) can use them for reading epubs? or do epubs come with their own embedded fonts which cannot be overriden?

inquiring minds...

01-09-2010, 02:32 AM	#1
RootlessAgrarian Enthusiast Posts: 48 Karma: 62 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: HANLIN V3	Hanlin Jinke v3 and fonts: epub? So.... what if I'd like to read an old-fashioned novel in an old-fashioned typeface like Caslon or Goudy Old Style? So far I have managed to discover that .ttf fonts can be placed in the /fonts directory on the SD card. They do indeed become available in the Settings/Fonts menu. However, selecting a font does not appear to have any effect on any epub book I try to read. I see some disturbing language in online discussions of Hanlin font substitution, like "PDFs and epub docs have their own font path" but so far I have not discovered where that path might be. Does anyone know where I could put ttf fonts so that the Hanlin (currently with Tirwal firmware) can use them for reading epubs? or do epubs come with their own embedded fonts which cannot be overriden? inquiring minds...