Glo Which font do you read with?

[JSWolf]

I don't have a Kobo, but I do use my modified version of Charis SIL. It looks very nice and does not have a large line space and the lower case letters are so small compared to the capitols. Garamond is a good example of too small lower case letters compared to the caps.

[treadlightly]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Get a Kindle.

I had one. I prefer my Glo.

[Breid]

Gothic for me on the Glo. I used to use fellbridge on my touch until it vanished in an update cycle.

[CatherineStewart]

^ditto exactly

[Darth_Bane]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I don't have a Kobo, but I do use my modified version of Charis SIL.

Best font ever on an e-ink screen! If you go to the trouble of installing it, you won't go back.

[voidoid]

Until this morning I was using Rockwell and was very happy with it. However, after reading the post below I downloaded Amaranth and it is quite superior. Lots of "ink" on the page. Not too big a difference between bold and regular. Thanks for recommending it.

Originally Posted by roycymru

I have tried a few and my current favourite is the Amaranth font which you can download from here http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/li...e/Sans%20Serif . Create a folder called fonts in the root directory of your Kobo and then just copy the downloaded fonts into this directory, the Kobo will then have Amaranth as a font option (explained better here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU7JpaKlyMc)

[Tzar]

Hard to say I have a favorite font as I am switching on a regular basis. Avenir and Gothic are probably the ones I like the most.

I tried the Amaranth one mentioned above and I am not convinced. There is indeed quite a lot of "ink" in that font, it's just like all the text has been put in bold. It's what I would call and "in-your-face" font :-)

[DdDave]

I was using Delima, but it's been removed in 2.1.4. Now that it's gone, I'm searching for something new. Not a big fan of the stock fonts, so I'll give Amaranth a try, it looks promising.

[david_e]

I like and use Avenir.

[Quexos]

Same here, Caecilia looks nice and pleasant to read.
I love my Glo

Where does one download extra fonts for the Glo ?

Originally Posted by shanghaichica

I've had a quick look through all the fonts and so far I've taken a liking to Caecilia.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by treadlightly

I had one. I prefer my Glo.

I don't know why. Using Caecilia makes it look like you are reading on a Kindle. That's a font I don't like and Amazon made a very poor choice using it. It's no better then using American Typewriter.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Darth_Bane

Best font ever on an e-ink screen! If you go to the trouble of installing it, you won't go back.

Thank you very much. One thing I find really good with Charis SIL vs a lot of other fonts is that the size of the lowercase to the capitols is very good. It's not too out of proportion and that's good for eink. The weight of the original was not bad, but I just tweaked it a little to make it even better.

[Koboyashi]

Originally Posted by DdDave

I was using Delima, but it's been removed in 2.1.4. Now that it's gone, I'm searching for something new. Not a big fan of the stock fonts, so I'll give Amaranth a try, it looks promising.

Same here. This is original "Kobo-Delima" :

[treadlightly]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I don't know why. Using Caecilia makes it look like you are reading on a Kindle. That's a font I don't like and Amazon made a very poor choice using it. It's no better then using American Typewriter.

That's why it's great that the Glo has such a large selection of built-in fonts and the ability to add others. Not everyone likes the same thing.

[voidoid]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The weight of the original was not bad, but I just tweaked it a little to make it even better.

How did you tweak it -- what software did you use?