Content How to force default font used by kindle

[Andy25]

I'm optimising an e-book for kindle readers and I would like to know if there's a way to force the title & subtitles font as default on the kindle reader. I NEVER embed a body text because I know everyone can choose whatever font and size they like, but for artistic reasons I think it makes sense to embed the chapter titles, subtitles and drop caps letter with the original font of the book. The default Bookerly looks great for the text but not so good for heading and subs.

I know how to embed fonts inside the EPUB, AZW3 or KFX but what I'm asking is if/how I can specify in the file to have kindle using the "Font Editor", so the book is displayed immediately as intended without the user having to switch to "Editor font" in the settings. Does someone know if this is possible? Thanks

Andrea

[nabsltd]

Originally Posted by Andy25

I know how to embed fonts inside the EPUB, AZW3 or KFX but what I'm asking is if/how I can specify in the file to have kindle using the "Font Editor", so the book is displayed immediately as intended without the user having to switch to "Editor font" in the settings.

All I do is embed the font in the EPUB, format the headings (or other special text) to use that font, and then convert to KF8 or KFX. The Kindle will then use the embedded font with no need to change any settings.

The only time you need to select "use publisher font" is if the embedded font is used for "body text". For Amazon, "body text" seems to mean "text that has its font defined at the html or body level". I have formatted entire chapters using an embedded font and the Kindle displayed it fine, while displaying the rest of the "body text" using whatever the user picked.

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by nabsltd

All I do is embed the font in the EPUB, format the headings (or other special text) to use that font, and then convert to KF8 or KFX. The Kindle will then use the embedded font with no need to change any settings.

Not on all Kindles that do KF8. Also the K3 to PW1 do KF8 and not KFX.

Of course if it's for yourself that's completely different than Publication, where you are at the mercy of Amazon's process and what the user does.

So the answer is that on Publishing, rather than personal use, you can't force a font.

[slm]

Originally Posted by Quoth

So the answer is that on Publishing, rather than personal use, you can't force a font.

And you shouldn't.