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Old 07-13-2026, 03:14 PM   #1
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Forma and Gil Sans font
I'm trying my old Forma. It is on firmware 4.38.23697.

I pick Gil Sans from the reading options, but the font when reading isn't using Gil Sans; it is using some serif font.

This also seems to happen with Malabar.

Anyone else having this problem. I haven't side loaded don't have Gil Sans (or Malabar) in my font folder.
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Old 07-13-2026, 04:28 PM   #2
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I'm trying my old Forma. It is on firmware 4.38.23697.

I pick Gil Sans from the reading options, but the font when reading isn't using Gil Sans; it is using some serif font.

This also seems to happen with Malabar.

Anyone else having this problem. I haven't side loaded don't have Gil Sans (or Malabar) in my font folder.
That is odd. I suggest you reinstall the firmware. If the font is in the list of fonts from the Aa menu, then it should be there.
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Old 07-13-2026, 04:43 PM   #3
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This was happening on a previous firmware also. I updated the firmware yesterday. And I've rebooted.

It looks like both the Gil Sans and Malabar (maybe others) are defaulting to whatever the "publisher defaults" font is.

Wasn't Gil Sans removed from firmware a while back?
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Old 07-13-2026, 04:46 PM   #4
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This was happening on a previous firmware also. I updated the firmware yesterday. And I've rebooted.

It looks like both the Gil Sans and Malabar (maybe others) are defaulting to whatever the "publisher defaults" font is.

Wasn't Gil Sans removed from firmware a while back?
I'm, still on 4.38.23171 so I don't know if Gil Sans and Malabar have been removed. But I would think that if they have been removed that they would no longer show in the list of fonts. It makes no sense to have fonts listed that don't exist.
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Old 07-13-2026, 08:19 PM   #5
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I've seen a similar issue where the ePub CSS specified a serif font and would not switch to a sans-serif font.
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Old 07-13-2026, 08:56 PM   #6
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I've seen a similar issue where the ePub CSS specified a serif font and would not switch to a sans-serif font.
I'm pretty sure that's not what's happening here. I've tried it on several books, and it the problem occurs on all of them. I switched to my Clara, and it doesn't happen on the Clara.

It happens for both epub and kepub.

Also, in the Advanced window, it does use the Gil Sans font for the After display.

No patches used.
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FWIW, my Forma with 4.38.23697 still have Gil Sans and Malabar and works when choosen.
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Thank you for checking patrik.
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I just sideloaded Gils Sans, and it is now being used. Interestingly, Gil Sans shows in the middle of the font list, whereas sideloaded fonts usually show up at the end of the font list.
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