Clara HD Kindle Fonts

[quan0509]

Hello Folks!

I need the Kindle port fonts, but i don't find any link to download.
The links http://orangetype.com/kindle doesn't work ..

Is there anyone who has the alternative? Please help!

Thks

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by quan0509

Hello Folks!

I need the Kindle port fonts, but i don't find any link to download.
The links http://orangetype.com/kindle doesn't work ..

Is there anyone who has the alternative? Please help!

Thks

Download the Kindle upgrade firmware of your choice.

Unpack it with the KindleTool utility.

Open the rootfs.img.gz unpacked from the kindle .bin file. I use 7Zip under Windows.

Browse to rootfs.img.gz\fwo_rootfs.img\usr\java\lib\

Open the fonts.sqsh (squash file system) file and copy the font files in it to a directory of your choice.

Check the font file names match Kobo file naming (fontname-Bold, fontname-BoldItalic, fontname-Italic, fontname-Regular) and copy them into the fonts directory you created in the root of your Kobo's exposed storage.

Please note that the majority of the font files are not redistributable so DIY is your route of choice.

[Semwize]

Originally Posted by DNSB

copy them into the fonts directory you created in the root of your Kobo's exposed storage.

Still for some fonts (for Ember and Bookerly, if I correctly remember) need to weight correct (for example in FontForge). Otherwise Kobo will display incorrectly.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Semwize

Still for some fonts (for Ember and Bookerly, if I correctly remember) need to weight correct (for example in FontForge). Otherwise Kobo will display incorrectly.

I have no idea about Ember. But I know Bookerly did have a problem with some of the metadata and you'll need to check if Amazon has fixed this or not in the 5.12.2 firmware and if not, it will need to be fixed.

[Semwize]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I have no idea about Ember.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...6&postcount=13

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Amazon has fixed this or not in the 5.12.2 firmware and if not, it will need to be fixed.

I watched fonts in 5.12.2-nothing there not fixed.

[rtiangha]

If you're importing any of the Kindle fonts, you'll need to check all of them to ensure the weights are consistent between the different types. I just did this myself; almost all of them have problems. Not hard to do; just tedious. Works fine by default on Kindle (and the Adobe renderer and maybe even koreader, I believe), it's just Kobo's kepub renderer that's picky.

In fontforge, go to Element->Font Info.

Under the PS Names section, make sure the Fontname matches one of Kobo's preferred styles (ex. Fontname-Regular, Fontname-Italic, Fontname-Bold, or Fontname-BoldItalic), and that the Weight is set to "Book" for the regular and italic versions, and "Bold" for the bold and bolditalic versions.

Under the OS/2 section, under the Misc tab, make sure the Weight Class is at "400 Regular" for regular or italic, and "700 Bold" for bold and bolditalic. Finally, under the PANOSE tab, you can either clear all the options by setting them all to "Any", or just make sure that the Weight is set to "Book" for regular and italic, and "Bold" for bold and bolditalic.

Then go File->Generate Fonts, select "Truetype" to save as a ttf (or Opentype to save as otf, but the Advanced Font Options patch only works on ttfs) and then Generate to save. Optionally, before you do, you could click on Options in the save dialog and uncheck TrueType hints (as some people say that no font hinting looks better on eink devices) and check the "Old style kern" option to attach a kern table to the font which the kepub renderer needs to properly apply kerning (although the only Kindle fonts that don't already have a kern table are the monospace ones).

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by rtiangha

Optionally, before you do, you could click on Options in the save dialog and uncheck TrueType hints (as some people say that no font hinting looks better on eink devices) and check the "Old style kern" option to attach a kern table to the font which the kepub renderer needs to properly apply kerning (although the only Kindle fonts that don't already have a kern table are the monospace ones).

Somehow, the concept of a kern table attached to a monospaced font appeals to my sense of humour.

[quan0509]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Download the Kindle upgrade firmware of your choice.

Unpack it with the KindleTool utility.

Open the rootfs.img.gz unpacked from the kindle .bin file. I use 7Zip under Windows.

Browse to rootfs.img.gz\fwo_rootfs.img\usr\java\lib\

Open the fonts.sqsh (squash file system) file and copy the font files in it to a directory of your choice.

Check the font file names match Kobo file naming (fontname-Bold, fontname-BoldItalic, fontname-Italic, fontname-Regular) and copy them into the fonts directory you created in the root of your Kobo's exposed storage.

Please note that the majority of the font files are not redistributable so DIY is your route of choice.

Hi, i don't know how to use KindleTool Utility at all, Is there any manual? I have a windows 10 machine.

[Semwize]

Originally Posted by quan0509

Hi, i don't know how to use KindleTool Utility at all, Is there any manual? I have a windows 10 machine.

KindleTool Windows
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=225030

kindletool.exe extract update_kindle_all_new_oasis_v2_5.12.2.bin output