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Old 07-01-2020, 01:45 AM   #61
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It's not in any of the css files.

Here's what the opf file contains for an invalid example of this:

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<item href="fonts/Shift-BoldItalic.otf" id="Shift-BoldItalic.otf" media-type="application/vnd.ms-opentype"/>
<item href="fonts/Shift-Light.otf" id="Shift-Light.otf" media-type="application/vnd.ms-opentype"/>
For epubcheck to be happy, you need to change "application/vnd.ms-opentype" to "font/otf". What I find funny is that instead of complaining about the font media-type in the content.opf, epubcheck complains about where the font-family entry is found either in a stylesheet or in a style declaration in a xhtml file.
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Old 07-01-2020, 01:53 AM   #62
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The built-in Georgia on the Nook Glowlight Plus (2015 version) is comparable when using the "thicker" setting.
Georgia's been my go-to on the Glowlight, though I just switched to Baskerville.

I never changed the weight of fonts on the Glowlight. I should have. Thicker Baskerville is very nice.
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Old 07-01-2020, 02:16 AM   #63
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How do you find Georgia on Kobo?
On Kobo, reading kepubs, Georgia's okay. But I don't know. The font seems too narrow. On Kobo I use Literata Book, which looks a lot like Georgia on my Nook.

Here's a picture of the same book/chapter on both my Kobo and Nook, both using Georgia. The Kobo is displaying kepub, the Nook, ePub. I did my best to match the two in font size and so forth. The difference is subtle. But to me the Nook looks better.

I haven't tried ePub on Kobo, because I prefer the features of kepub. I do know that ePub on Kobo is supposed to display fonts better.
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Old 07-01-2020, 02:45 AM   #64
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Can you direct me to the thread where I can learn how to load or change fonts?
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Old 07-01-2020, 02:49 AM   #65
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Can you direct me to the thread where I can learn how to load or change fonts?
this may help. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=204363

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Old 07-01-2020, 02:51 AM   #66
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Can you direct me to the thread where I can learn how to load or change fonts?
To add custom fonts:
  1. Connect your Kobo to your computer.
  2. Use file explorer to open the Kobo.
  3. There will be a folder called 'fonts'.
  4. Dump your fonts in that folder.
  5. Eject.
  6. Done.
There should typically be four versions of the font: regular, italic, bold, bold italic.

To change fonts:
  1. Open a book.
  2. Bring up the menu.
  3. Touch 'Aa' in the upper right.
Kobo's preloaded fonts will be listed first, your sideloaded fonts will follow. I wish it would just list them all alphabetically..

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Old 07-01-2020, 02:54 AM   #67
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Thanks Koboy, with the longer threads, I am not sure what is current or outdated or where I should jump in.

Thanks Zod!
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Old 07-01-2020, 04:44 AM   #68
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I actually don't have a fonts folder. Do I create it?
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Old 07-01-2020, 08:04 AM   #69
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I don't know, I only use it on the Nook Glowlight Plus (2015) because it's built in and I can't side-load my Constantia font to it.
Try it and let us know. Georgia is also one of the system fonts on Kobo.
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I run every single one of my books through a Calibre conversion where I strip the font property :-D.
That is a really bad idea. I have seen some eBooks where the use of sans-seif and/or monospace should be left alone. Also a really bad idea is converting every one of your eBooks even if they are in ePub.
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Georgia's been my go-to on the Glowlight, though I just switched to Baskerville.

I never changed the weight of fonts on the Glowlight. I should have. Thicker Baskerville is very nice.
There is a version of ChareInk that has added weight available to download. CareInk is based on Charis SIL and Charis SIL is based on Baskerville.
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On Kobo, reading kepubs, Georgia's okay. But I don't know. The font seems too narrow. On Kobo I use Literata Book, which looks a lot like Georgia on my Nook.

Here's a picture of the same book/chapter on both my Kobo and Nook, both using Georgia. The Kobo is displaying kepub, the Nook, ePub. I did my best to match the two in font size and so forth. The difference is subtle. But to me the Nook looks better.

I haven't tried ePub on Kobo, because I prefer the features of kepub. I do know that ePub on Kobo is supposed to display fonts better.
In the photos, the Kobo looks better. The nook looks more washed out.
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That is a really bad idea. I have seen some eBooks where the use of sans-seif and/or monospace should be left alone. Also a really bad idea is converting every one of your eBooks even if they are in ePub.
I understand what are saying but I’ve been doing it for years now and don’t feel like I’m missing much. I should clarify that if a book has a good reason for special formatting then I’ll leave it alone, but that’s rare. Usually I prefer to have the font, line spacing, margins etc consistent between books.

Many books I read have either formatting or OCR errors which I need to fix. I treat the first read through of any ebook as a proof read. So I don’t mind standardising the typography at the same time.
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I understand what are saying but I’ve been doing it for years now and don’t feel like I’m missing much. I should clarify that if a book has a good reason for special formatting then I’ll leave it alone, but that’s rare. Usually I prefer to have the font, line spacing, margins etc consistent between books.

Many books I read have either formatting or OCR errors which I need to fix. I treat the first read through of any ebook as a proof read. So I don’t mind standardising the typography at the same time.
It's easier to learn to edit the code yourself for an ePub. Plus, you can fix anything else that you may want to fix that a conversion will not fix. Some of what I fix are not possible to fix with a conversion.

As for the fonts, if the eBook uses sans-serif and/or monospace but they are not the main font, then I would leave them. With the main font being your choice, you get the same font, same font size, and same line height for most of the eBook. I have seen some eBooks where monospace is used in a way that you do want to keep it.
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On Kobo, reading kepubs, Georgia's okay. But I don't know. The font seems too narrow. On Kobo I use Literata Book, which looks a lot like Georgia on my Nook.

Here's a picture of the same book/chapter on both my Kobo and Nook, both using Georgia. The Kobo is displaying kepub, the Nook, ePub. I did my best to match the two in font size and so forth. The difference is subtle. But to me the Nook looks better.

I haven't tried ePub on Kobo, because I prefer the features of kepub. I do know that ePub on Kobo is supposed to display fonts better.
Wow...maybe it's just the lighting, but I can't get past how much better the contrast is on the Kobo.

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