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Is changing the font hard/worth it?
I hear there are some better fonts than is included with the 505. Is it difficult to do?
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I've changed mine, and it's not that difficult. There's a very nice guide by Valloric that explains the whole process step by step.
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If changing fonts is important to you, it may be advisable to get a device which allows you to load your own fonts as a properly-supported feature, rather than having to do it as a "hack".
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Well I don't think the technique the guide explains is much of a "hack", it's very simple and easy. Sure, it must be easier to do it on the Cybook, but after you replace the Reader's fonts with the ones you intend to use, the point becomes rather mute. It's not like you're going to swap in completely new fonts every other day (even though you could with the guide), so I don't see much benefit from the Cybook in this regard.
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Definitely easy, definitely worth it. The default font is ugly and spindly looking on e-ink screens. I've replaced it with a slab serif font (kindle's is a slab serif font.. check it out on amazon page) and it looks so much better imo.
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Absolutely.
I just tried it after debating for a few days(and building up a collection of fonts to try out. It is easier to read and I find it the best improvement so far. |
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Worth it.
No question! Use a "slab" font (I've bought the kindle font Caecilia from Linotype) You'll neverever want to go back to the flimsy default font. greets ras |
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It does bloat the size of each book by one or two megs though. Also, if you use epub instead of lrf, it looks as though you can specify the font you want in CSS and point to a URL on the Reader itself instead of embedding the font (this way you can have one set of fonts for many books instead of embedding the font separately in each book). Look the the thread here on Mobileread. I agree that font handling is a strength of the Cybook though; I'm jealous of the number of sizes available to Cybook owners. |
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Okay, thanks for the tips. I'll have to try this out.
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Creating your font
I wonder if it's possible to create a font somehow; or if you see a font you like, to 'recreate' the font based on a .bmp,or .jpg you see online.
In specific a font that will fit and work on the 505.. http://www.pickafont.com/ has plenty for free download. Do you think one can fit the 505? BTW,Sony CS sucks.. It's hard to get to them,since they have no CS section for ebook readers on esupport.sony.com. |
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