Custom Fonts - Which Weight

MrGimper · 09-25-2020, 06:45 AM

Hi all

As title, when you download a custom font from the web to install, there are millions of weights included (normal, medium, semi-bold, bold, blah blah)

Which is the best to install on the kindle, what do YOU use? I like my fonts dark, so use bold 2 in settings.

Cheers

ps67 · 09-25-2020, 09:21 AM

I install the normal (or regular) and the bold. Ideally there should be 4 files: Regular, RegularItalic, Bold, BoldItalic.

The others weight can be reached trough the boldness settings. I don't remember what happens if You install the medium or the light (the light is generally too light for a ereader), for example, may be they are seen like another font from Your Kindle, not the same of the Regular.

09-25-2020, 06:45 AM	#1
MrGimper Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2020 Device: Kindle Paperwhite v4	Custom Fonts - Which Weight Hi all As title, when you download a custom font from the web to install, there are millions of weights included (normal, medium, semi-bold, bold, blah blah) Which is the best to install on the kindle, what do YOU use? I like my fonts dark, so use bold 2 in settings. Cheers

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09-25-2020, 09:21 AM	#2
ps67 Guru Posts: 755 Karma: 7025494 Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Italy Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Elipsa, Pocketbook Inkpad 4, Inkpad Color	I install the normal (or regular) and the bold. Ideally there should be 4 files: Regular, RegularItalic, Bold, BoldItalic. The others weight can be reached trough the boldness settings. I don't remember what happens if You install the medium or the light (the light is generally too light for a ereader), for example, may be they are seen like another font from Your Kindle, not the same of the Regular.

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