Adding ARIAL or HELVETICA FONTS in KOBO AURA HD

chiara.sc · 01-28-2016, 12:35 PM

Hi all,
I recently had to regenerate my Kobo Aura HD... after a long day I now have it again with all my books.
However opening the book I was reading I discovered that the font I was used to (arial - helvetica) is no more present in the list. May be it is something related to the update but I like to read in that font.
Is there any way to add it to my kobo?
I've asked to Kobo support but they told that this is not a standard and supported feature.

Any suggestions?
Thank you !
Chiara

davidfor · 01-28-2016, 06:08 PM

I don't think Arial has ever been a font supplied by Kobo, so you must have sideloaded it. You will need to find a copy of the font and redo that. The instructions for sideloading fonts are in https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=204363.

eenk · 01-29-2016, 03:19 PM

Never spotted Arial on my Aura HD. It's a commercial font family created by Monotype, especially created for low resolution displays ... the Auro HD has a high resolution display, so why should Kobo license a font that was created especially for much inferior screens?

JSWolf · 01-29-2016, 06:04 PM

If you run Windows, you can get a copy of Arial from Windows.

01-28-2016, 12:35 PM	#1
chiara.sc Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2015 Device: kobo	Adding ARIAL or HELVETICA FONTS in KOBO AURA HD Hi all, I recently had to regenerate my Kobo Aura HD... after a long day I now have it again with all my books. However opening the book I was reading I discovered that the font I was used to (arial - helvetica) is no more present in the list. May be it is something related to the update but I like to read in that font. Is there any way to add it to my kobo? I've asked to Kobo support but they told that this is not a standard and supported feature. Any suggestions? Thank you ! Chiara

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davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	I don't think Arial has ever been a font supplied by Kobo, so you must have sideloaded it. You will need to find a copy of the font and redo that. The instructions for sideloading fonts are in https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=204363.

01-29-2016, 03:19 PM	#3
eenk carrier lost Posts: 62 Karma: 14000 Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: 2001:db8:e:b00c::f00d Device: Kobo Forma, H2O v1, Aura HD	Never spotted Arial on my Aura HD. It's a commercial font family created by Monotype, especially created for low resolution displays ... the Auro HD has a high resolution display, so why should Kobo license a font that was created especially for much inferior screens?

01-29-2016, 06:04 PM	#4
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 81,016 Karma: 150249633 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	If you run Windows, you can get a copy of Arial from Windows.

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