Embedded fonts on kindle now!

Oxford-eBooks · 10-03-2012, 08:00 AM

I think I must have blinked and missed something.
Have Amazon deployed a firmware update for the Kindle?

I'M SURE that last time I looked embedded fonts didn't work, but now halfway through a project that has fonts on the ePUB version they're showing up on the kindle.

There's an option in the font-size menu to turn on or off "publisher fonts" that I know I didn't see before.

Hooray for Amazon!! (never thought I'd be saying that).

Are there more updates? I think I noticed the line-height change too.

Do I DARE to hope that they're close to implementing KF8 on the standard Kindle?

Oxford-eBooks · 10-03-2012, 08:13 AM

Aha!

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=190723

oohhhhh.... KF8.
I think they've also done something with the way table cells now span better across pages rather than just cut off. I was using that for a kind of keep-together for image captions. Looks like I might be able to do it properly on the Kindle now!!

Also... and I need to check, I think that it might affect the media queries. I noticed that I couldn't modify a class when using amzn-mobi but that might just be me.

This is all very exciting!

DiapDealer · 10-03-2012, 09:56 AM

You should get out more.

Oxford-eBooks · 10-03-2012, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

You should get out more.

That would never work - I only have WIFI on my Kindle, how would I get my firmware updates?

10-03-2012, 08:00 AM	#1
Oxford-eBooks Zealot Posts: 138 Karma: 12096 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Loads!	Embedded fonts on kindle now! I think I must have blinked and missed something. Have Amazon deployed a firmware update for the Kindle? I'M SURE that last time I looked embedded fonts didn't work, but now halfway through a project that has fonts on the ePUB version they're showing up on the kindle. There's an option in the font-size menu to turn on or off "publisher fonts" that I know I didn't see before. Hooray for Amazon!! (never thought I'd be saying that). Are there more updates? I think I noticed the line-height change too. Do I DARE to hope that they're close to implementing KF8 on the standard Kindle?

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10-03-2012, 08:13 AM	#2
Oxford-eBooks Zealot Posts: 138 Karma: 12096 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Loads!	Aha! https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=190723 oohhhhh.... KF8. I think they've also done something with the way table cells now span better across pages rather than just cut off. I was using that for a kind of keep-together for image captions. Looks like I might be able to do it properly on the Kindle now!! Also... and I need to check, I think that it might affect the media queries. I noticed that I couldn't modify a class when using amzn-mobi but that might just be me. This is all very exciting!

10-03-2012, 09:56 AM	#3
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,913 Karma: 207182180 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	You should get out more.

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