Aura ONE ET Bembo font problems with italics

dan980 · 04-18-2021, 04:59 AM

Hi, I have a problem with ET Bembo, downloaded from here:

https://ctan.org/pkg/etbb

I copied ETbb-Regular.otf, ETbb-Italic.otf, ETbb-Bold.otf and ETbb-BoldItalic.otf in the "fonts" directory of my Kobo Aura One.

On kepubs, the font is rendered as follow:

https://imgur.com/a/koVR2l8

Apparently, Kobo uses the "Italic" variant as default, and generates also slanted italics.

On epubs instead Kobo renders this way:

https://imgur.com/a/AZ6R6up

the bold variant is ignored, the device generates a bold variant automatically.

I have similar problems with Heuristica, PT serif, Lingua Franca, Gelasio and more.

Could you help me please? Thanks

dan980 · 04-18-2021, 11:23 AM

Edit:

I found the solution. In FontForge, go to Element info -> OS/2> misc -> style map. You need to select "Italic" for the italic version (it was empy).

IF you have problems for other fonts, also remember to have a look at Element info -> OS/2 -> Panose -> Weight. It needs to be either Book (for regular and italic) or Bold (for bold and bold-italic).

ps67 · 04-18-2021, 11:54 AM

This is due to the internal name of the fonts: jackie_w provided these useful instruction about the issue:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...81&postcount=9

04-18-2021, 04:59 AM	#1
dan980 Member Posts: 14 Karma: 796 Join Date: Mar 2021 Device: Kobo Aura One	ET Bembo font problems with italics Hi, I have a problem with ET Bembo, downloaded from here: https://ctan.org/pkg/etbb I copied ETbb-Regular.otf, ETbb-Italic.otf, ETbb-Bold.otf and ETbb-BoldItalic.otf in the "fonts" directory of my Kobo Aura One. On kepubs, the font is rendered as follow: https://imgur.com/a/koVR2l8 Apparently, Kobo uses the "Italic" variant as default, and generates also slanted italics. On epubs instead Kobo renders this way: https://imgur.com/a/AZ6R6up the bold variant is ignored, the device generates a bold variant automatically. I have similar problems with Heuristica, PT serif, Lingua Franca, Gelasio and more. Could you help me please? Thanks

04-18-2021, 11:23 AM	#2
dan980 Member Posts: 14 Karma: 796 Join Date: Mar 2021 Device: Kobo Aura One	Edit: I found the solution. In FontForge, go to Element info -> OS/2> misc -> style map. You need to select "Italic" for the italic version (it was empy). IF you have problems for other fonts, also remember to have a look at Element info -> OS/2 -> Panose -> Weight. It needs to be either Book (for regular and italic) or Bold (for bold and bold-italic). Attached Thumbnails

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04-18-2021, 11:54 AM	#3
ps67 Guru Posts: 755 Karma: 7025494 Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Italy Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Elipsa, Pocketbook Inkpad 4, Inkpad Color	This is due to the internal name of the fonts: jackie_w provided these useful instruction about the issue: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...81&postcount=9

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