What font are you using on your PW? - Page 9

DuckieTigger · 01-15-2013, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

If you use them in KF8 eBooks, you will definitely notice a difference.

On a Kindle Touch, how does one take a screen shot? I'll post a screen shot if I can get one.

Push home button for about 2 sec, keep pushing and touch screen - then let go of button and screen - you will see a flash for a page update, and you stay on the page. If you went home, it failed to take the ss. They are saved on the usb-drive in root folder.

JSWolf · 01-15-2013, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

Push home button for about 2 sec, keep pushing and touch screen - then let go of button and screen - you will see a flash for a page update, and you stay on the page. If you went home, it failed to take the ss. They are saved on the usb-drive in root folder.

Thank you. I'll get some screen shots tomorrow.

Blossom · 01-16-2013, 03:40 AM

TheSans looks really good on the PW! I used this on my old Pocket Pro but had no idea how good it looks on the PW till I tried it. What I like is how small and compact is on setting 5 and how many words it can fit on a page and it is very readable.

I used the Semi Bold and Semi Bold Italic for Regular and Italic. Normal Bold and Bold Italic for the others. It didn't need any other modding except to change the classifications and link the families together.

I attached a screenshot. The second screenshot is of Caecilia Condensed from the K4. As you can see it is not the same font from the PW. At size 5 it's much bigger.

I still like it though. I've been using it instead of Amasis tonight.

kacir · 01-16-2013, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by jmilica

I only added CharisSil but somehow ended up having HYGothic, MYing Hei T, MT Chinese Surrogate, TB Gothicm HYMyeonJo, MKai PRC

I have no idea where did all these Chinese like things come from...
I also downloaded the ones Xendula recommended - Adobe Caslon Pro, Minion Pro and Constantia - but I'll try them out tomorrow, enough restarting PW for the first day

The fonts are part of the firmware. They just do not show up on un-modified Kindle. If you place the USE_ALT_FONTS file to the root, the Kindle will display those fonts PLUS it will offer you your fonts.

jmilica · 01-16-2013, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

Push home button for about 2 sec, keep pushing and touch screen - then let go of button and screen - you will see a flash for a page update, and you stay on the page. If you went home, it failed to take the ss. They are saved on the usb-drive in root folder.

Does this work on PW as well? Blossom wanted to see some of the fonts on PW (which I am planning on installing soon) but I have no idea how to take a screen shot

sparklemotion · 01-16-2013, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by jmilica

Does this work on PW as well? Blossom wanted to see some of the fonts on PW (which I am planning on installing soon) but I have no idea how to take a screen shot

No, on the PW you tap the upper right corner and the lower left at the same time. Screen flashes and the screenshot is saved in the root directory.

jmilica · 01-16-2013, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by sparklemotion

No, on the PW you tap the upper right corner and the lower left at the same time. Screen flashes and the screenshot is saved in the root directory.

I am checking it out but screen is not flashing

Blossom · 01-16-2013, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by jmilica

I am checking it out but screen is not flashing

It takes some practice. Upper RIGHT corner (where the bookmark is) Lower LEFT corner where the Time To Read is. It flashes quickly which means it took a screen shot.

xendula · 01-16-2013, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Blossom

Am I the only one who hates hyphenation in epubs? Drives me batty. I love the Kindle doesn't have this feature. The extra font sizes sound nice though but still my PW is too precious to play with. You never know what the next firmware update is going to do or be pushed out.

I hate that the Kindle does not have hyphenation. There are languages with really long words, like German with its compound words (you can stick any number of words together to create new words), so books look really weird because of the missing hyphenation.

sparklemotion · 01-16-2013, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by jmilica

I am checking it out but screen is not flashing

Like Blossom said, it may take a bit of practice to make sure you are touching both corners at the exact same time. You'll know you got it when the screen flashes.

GoSharks · 01-16-2013, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by xendula

I hate that the Kindle does not have hyphenation. There are languages with really long words, like German with its compound words (you can stick any number of words together to create new words), so books look really weird because of the missing hyphenation.

I could never quite put my finger on what seemed different about reading on my e-readers until I did the JBPatch and added hyphenations...now I find it extremely distracting without them. The flow is much more natural to me having hyphenations... I will be very irritated if Amazon does something that removes them again!

(I'm sure Amazon is listening

)

sneakyspider · 01-16-2013, 07:38 PM

Edit: I found a better font. If anyone is looking for something similar, this is what I found. The first one is Fanwood Text, the second is called Adamina. In the screenshot, it is harder to tell the difference between the two but on the Paperwhite the Adamina is just large enough for me to read clearly, but not too large.

xendula · 01-17-2013, 09:02 AM

^ Those are nice!!
[OT: Good book, too! If you like it, give Mystic City a shot.]

xendula · 01-17-2013, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by GoSharks

I could never quite put my finger on what seemed different about reading on my e-readers until I did the JBPatch and added hyphenations...now I find it extremely distracting without them. The flow is much more natural to me having hyphenations... I will be very irritated if Amazon does something that removes them again!

(I'm sure Amazon is listening

)

I wish they just added the functionality and make it optional, since I don't want to jailbreak my device.

Larla · 01-17-2013, 09:12 AM

Duckie -- Comic is my goto font. However, as you said, it only had files for regular and bold. Did I understand you to say that you can just put those 2 files in the fonts folder and it works? I duplicated the two files and and named the regular dupe as italics and bold dupe as bolditalics. It all works, even italics, but could I have gotten by with just 2 files in fonts folder?

01-16-2013, 03:40 AM	#123
Blossom Treasure Seeker Posts: 18,708 Karma: 26026435 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kobo HD Glo, Kindles, Kindle Fires, Andriod Devices	TheSans looks really good on the PW! I used this on my old Pocket Pro but had no idea how good it looks on the PW till I tried it. What I like is how small and compact is on setting 5 and how many words it can fit on a page and it is very readable. I used the Semi Bold and Semi Bold Italic for Regular and Italic. Normal Bold and Bold Italic for the others. It didn't need any other modding except to change the classifications and link the families together. I attached a screenshot. The second screenshot is of Caecilia Condensed from the K4. As you can see it is not the same font from the PW. At size 5 it's much bigger. I still like it though. I've been using it instead of Amasis tonight. Attached Thumbnails

01-16-2013, 07:38 PM	#132
sneakyspider Ereader Addicts Anonymous Posts: 329 Karma: 1071692 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: USA, FL. Device: (2)KO2, PW7thGen., KT2, iPadMini1	Edit: I found a better font. If anyone is looking for something similar, this is what I found. The first one is Fanwood Text, the second is called Adamina. In the screenshot, it is harder to tell the difference between the two but on the Paperwhite the Adamina is just large enough for me to read clearly, but not too large. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by sneakyspider; 01-16-2013 at 09:09 PM.

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Larla Addict Posts: 281 Karma: 5262189 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Katy, TX Device: Samsung Tab S5E 12" Tablet	Duckie -- Comic is my goto font. However, as you said, it only had files for regular and bold. Did I understand you to say that you can just put those 2 files in the fonts folder and it works? I duplicated the two files and and named the regular dupe as italics and bold dupe as bolditalics. It all works, even italics, but could I have gotten by with just 2 files in fonts folder?