PRS-T1 Changing from original font - Page 3

JSWolf · 11-29-2011, 08:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by seabee

I finally succeeded for references to any PRS-T1 integrated font !

for exemple:
@font-face {
font-family: MyFont1;
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
src: url(res:///ebook/fonts/FrutigerNeueLTW1G-Regular.otf);
}

Don't need to include a copy of these fonts in each ePUB !
See my previous list of filenames for fonts you can directly reference.
And now that I found this, I know that references outside of the ebook content are possible, only have to find how to reference user-visible integrated and external flash.
I can also stop trying urls that don't begin with res:/// !

My sample reference 6 of the PRS-T1 fonts without embedding them (obviously in 2.3KB) plus a failed reference to a font added to internal flash.

FYI, I already tried res:///ebook/mnt/sdcard (in the sample) and res:///ebook/sdcard as READER root, both failed, will do more tests tomorrow.

Does that work for a non-rooted T1?

jackie_w · 11-29-2011, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Does that work for a non-rooted T1?

I just tried it on my non-rooted PRST1.
The res:///ebook/fonts/xxx.otf location works great for getting the internal extra fonts (Amasis, PalatinoNova etc) to work correctly. One has to wonder how Sony were able to make such a pig's ear of the extra fonts feature. Including the standard 4 @font-face statements in the css file works a treat,
e.g for Amasis:

Code:

@font-face {font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;  src: url(res:///ebook/fonts/AmasisMTW1G.otf)}
@font-face {font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic;  src: url(res:///ebook/fonts/AmasisMTW1G-Italic.otf);}
@font-face {font-family: serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;  src: url(res:///ebook/fonts/AmasisMTW1G-Bold.otf);}
@font-face {font-family: serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;  src: url(res:///ebook/fonts/AmasisMTW1G-BoldItalic.otf);}

Bookworm_Girl · 11-29-2011, 10:54 PM

Great detective work! Keep the progress going!

salines · 11-30-2011, 02:42 AM

WOW that's a big advance!
Thanks a lot!!!

pssquirrel · 11-30-2011, 03:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackie_w

The res:///ebook/fonts/xxx.otf location works great for getting the internal extra fonts (Amasis, PalatinoNova etc) to work correctly.

This is sooooo excellent! Thanks jackie_w!!

jackie_w · 11-30-2011, 07:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pssquirrel

This is sooooo excellent! Thanks jackie_w!!

Well, you're most welcome, but the credit belongs to seabee.

Don't you just love the generosity of the techies in these forums who share their findings with the rest of us

salines · 11-30-2011, 07:54 AM

I DO!

to all forum members

pssquirrel · 11-30-2011, 12:28 PM

Seabee, jackie_w and everyone else who shares findings! This forum is great!

JSWolf · 11-30-2011, 04:50 PM

Now, my next question...

Can anyone without a rooted T1 put fonts in /system/fonts and access them from an ePub?

seabee · 11-30-2011, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Now, my next question...

Can anyone without a rooted T1 put fonts in /system/fonts and access them from an ePub?

No, because AFAIK, /system/fonts is a CRAMFS that are by design read-only, the filesystem must be expanded to a folder, unmounted, then the foldercontent is modified, packed back to a new CRAMFS, put back to the PRS-T1 and re-mounted and I don't think it's possible without rooting it. Sorry

JSWolf · 11-30-2011, 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by seabee

No, because AFAIK, /system/fonts is a CRAMFS that are by design read-only, the filesystem must be expanded to a folder, unmounted, then the foldercontent is modified, packed back to a new CRAMFS, put back to the PRS-T1 and re-mounted and I don't think it's possible without rooting it. Sorry

Oh well. At least the fonts are accessible. You did do a good job figuring this out.

ttsddu · 12-01-2011, 02:20 AM

Thank you seabee!! Now I can read chinese ePub files without embedding font and rooting my device!! What a great news!!

bigpizza · 12-01-2011, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by seabee

I finally succeeded for references to any PRS-T1 integrated font !

for exemple:
@font-face {
font-family: MyFont1;
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
src: url(res:///ebook/fonts/FrutigerNeueLTW1G-Regular.otf);
}

Don't need to include a copy of these fonts in each ePUB !
See my previous list of filenames for fonts you can directly reference.
And now that I found this, I know that references outside of the ebook content are possible, only have to find how to reference user-visible integrated and external flash.
I can also stop trying urls that don't begin with res:/// !

My sample reference 6 of the PRS-T1 fonts without embedding them (obviously in 2.3KB) plus a failed reference to a font added to internal flash.

FYI, I already tried res:///ebook/mnt/sdcard (in the sample) and res:///ebook/sdcard as READER root, both failed, will do more tests tomorrow.

I have a rooted T1. The actual memory path is /mnt/sdcard or /sdcard. So you can try res:///mnt/sdcard or res:///sdcard to see if it works.

seabee · 12-01-2011, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigpizza

I have a rooted T1. The actual memory path is /mnt/sdcard or /sdcard. So you can try res:///mnt/sdcard or res:///sdcard to see if it works.

Thank you

, but I tried the following paths and all failed (after adding comic.ttf at the root of reader's internal memory, as seen when connected to the PC, and also of micro-sd card, the last 3 paths "just in case").
src: url(res:////sdcard/comic.ttf);
src: url(res:///mnt//sdcard/comic.ttf);
src: url(res:///ebook/mnt/sdcard/comic.ttf);
src: url(res:///ebook/sdcard/comic.ttf);
src: url(res:///ebook/comic.ttf);

nnyy · 12-01-2011, 10:14 PM

Firstly, thankyou Seebee and all others for their great effort.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ttsddu

Thank you seabee!! Now I can read chinese ePub files without embedding font and rooting my device!! What a great news!!

ttsddu, may I know which existing font you used for reading chinese?

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