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Old 10-31-2021, 08:51 AM   #1
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Hi All,

I have a Kobo Aura HD and I have been reading on that using a downloaded version of the Bookerly font (the file says this is from 2014). In fact I started using that font almost immediately after getting the Kobo, so if Kobo have updated their stock fonts, I've not been paying attention.

My new Libra 2 arrives in a few days and I was curious whether anyone had any font suggestions.
  1. Which of the stock fonts is the best?
  2. Which is currently the best font to install on the Kobo and where can that be sourced?
  3. Is there a newer, better version of the Bookerly font out there?

Thanks!!
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Old 10-31-2021, 08:54 AM   #2
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There is no best font. Different people like different things.

My personal favorite is Lexia DaMa.
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Old 10-31-2021, 09:03 AM   #3
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My personal favourites are Literata Book and (recently) Tiempos Text. Both great if you like reading at small font sizes.
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Old 10-31-2021, 09:08 AM   #4
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Old 10-31-2021, 09:19 AM   #5
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There is no best font. Different people like different things.
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My personal favorite is Lexia DaMa.
I think you kinda answered it though, how I was expecting. It's nice to consider other options.
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I'm partial to Serif fonts. Merriweather being my (current) favorite.
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Old 10-31-2021, 11:44 AM   #7
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Bookerly for me. Glad I was able to sideload it in the Kobo
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My favorite in general has been Isidore for a while. For works with a lot of bold and/or italic passages, like Calibre catalogs or my Spanish grammar, I prefer the sans serif Roboto, which is good for German too. For the "Dictionnaire historique", I like Amasis.

In short, my default is Isidore, but for some books, different fonts may be best, which is why I have so many (19 presently) in my kobos.

Some have been favorites in the past and I keep them just in case, and some I keep because they have characters most fonts have not: Calibri, Caudex, Dejavu Serif, Linux Biolinum et Linux Libertine, Noto Sans et Noto Serif, Palatino et Tinos are good for ancient Greek accented characters for instance.
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Old 10-31-2021, 02:46 PM   #9
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Old 10-31-2021, 03:29 PM   #10
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My personal favourites are Literata Book and (recently) Tiempos Text. Both great if you like reading at small font sizes.
I'll second Literata Book. I mess around with new fonts from time to time (including Bookerly), but always wind up back at Literata Book.
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Old 10-31-2021, 05:07 PM   #11
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I'll second Literata Book. I mess around with new fonts from time to time (including Bookerly), but always wind up back at Literata Book.
I'll give Literata Book a third.

Put it on my new Forma and really like it! I'm going to have to put it on my Kindle as well. It's just more elegant feeling than Bookerly to my eyes.
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I don't want to pay attention to what font I am reading with, I want a font that allows to read comfortably for longer periods without obtruding. And yes, I tend to be a bit of a font enthusiast.
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My favorite sans-serif is Noto Sans. I write a lot about artificial intelligence (AI) and I have a brother named Alan (Al); this font distinguishes them nicely, and just generally looks great -- plus it's free:

https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Sans

(click Download Family in the upper left.)
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I'm still looking a nice Urdu nastaliq font for ereaders if anyone comes across one. Since I can't actually READ it, I literally just want one that looks nice
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My favorite sans-serif is Noto Sans. I write a lot about artificial intelligence (AI) and I have a brother named Alan (Al); this font distinguishes them nicely, and just generally looks great -- plus it's free:

https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Sans

(click Download Family in the upper left.)
Literata grew out of Noto, if I remember correctly. At any rate, they are both Google fonts. I used Noto Serif and then moved to Literata Book when that came out.
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