Impossible to add a font to an azw3. Is it a bug?

Ruskie_it · 07-03-2017, 03:32 AM

Hello,

I am kinda new to "seriously" editing ebooks, that's why I am not posting it as a bug to calibre but rather asking.

If I edit an azw3 with calibre internal editor, go to Tools --> Manage fonts and I click the button "Install fonts", the windows file dialog opens. If I select and add a .ttf file (for example verdana.ttf) a popup dialog confirming:

Code:

Font-family added: Verdana

appears.
I would say everything is correct, right? Yet, no font in the Manage Fonts dialog appears.
I have tried converting the ebook to epub and performing the same steps, but the behaviour in that case is different: there, the Verdana font appears in the fonts list.

Is it a bug in calibre editor or am I missing something?
Thanks.

kovidgoyal · 07-03-2017, 06:20 AM

INstall fonts only makes a font available for embedding. If you want to embed a font, you need to click embed all fonts, which will embed all fonts referenced in the book.

Ruskie_it · 07-03-2017, 06:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

INstall fonts only makes a font available for embedding. If you want to embed a font, you need to click embed all fonts, which will embed all fonts referenced in the book.

Hi, thanks for your reply. I am not sure I have understood correctly.
So you are saying that the first step is to reference the font first, and then choosing "install font"?
If so, why on the epub editor it lets me add a font that actually is not yet reference?

kovidgoyal · 07-03-2017, 06:35 AM

Installing a font is for installing ttf files that you dont want to install in your OS. Installing them makes them available to calibre without making them available everywhere.

Ruskie_it · 07-03-2017, 07:02 AM

Okay, understood, thank you very much!

07-03-2017, 03:32 AM	#1
Ruskie_it Fanatic Posts: 538 Karma: 1000000 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Rome, Italy Device: Kindle PW5, Kindle PW4, Kindle 4 NT	Impossible to add a font to an azw3. Is it a bug? Hello, I am kinda new to "seriously" editing ebooks, that's why I am not posting it as a bug to calibre but rather asking. If I edit an azw3 with calibre internal editor, go to Tools --> Manage fonts and I click the button "Install fonts", the windows file dialog opens. If I select and add a .ttf file (for example verdana.ttf) a popup dialog confirming: Code: Font-family added: Verdana appears. I would say everything is correct, right? Yet, no font in the Manage Fonts dialog appears. I have tried converting the ebook to epub and performing the same steps, but the behaviour in that case is different: there, the Verdana font appears in the fonts list. Is it a bug in calibre editor or am I missing something? Thanks.

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07-03-2017, 06:20 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,342 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	INstall fonts only makes a font available for embedding. If you want to embed a font, you need to click embed all fonts, which will embed all fonts referenced in the book.

07-03-2017, 06:35 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,342 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Installing a font is for installing ttf files that you dont want to install in your OS. Installing them makes them available to calibre without making them available everywhere.

07-03-2017, 07:02 AM	#5
Ruskie_it Fanatic Posts: 538 Karma: 1000000 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Rome, Italy Device: Kindle PW5, Kindle PW4, Kindle 4 NT	Okay, understood, thank you very much!

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