Need some help with Fonts on 5.6.5

[knc1]

Then the first advice you got, post in the formats forum, is the correct advice.

[Enor]

Originally Posted by shamanNS

What is your input format when you're doing Calibre conversion?
I've tested this literally 8 days ago on 2 different books for a friend who wanted to use WiFi delivery using Kindle Cloud but have both custom font and soft hyphens added.

So I've hyphenated the epub first, thet done epub> "dual" mobi conversion where I've chosen font family to embed . Then I've sent it via email (didn't have Send to Kindle app installed) to the email address of the Kinde I wanted it to get delivered to.

My PW3 got aw3 file with "Publisher font", only problem was that when turning on Publisher font there where empty squares in places where soft hyphens were added to words (subsetted font files probably miss that character). So the conclusion for the next book I should probably deselect "subset all embedded fonts". Calibre probably did subseting based on "old mobi" portion of the file that didn't have soft hyphens. I did't test this because I was lazy. But since everything was displaying as it should (visible hyphens on the end of a row where needed) when Publisher font was turned off, I guess that must be it, font subset problem...

Maybe there are some problems in CSS code of your book that caused Amazon conversion service to drop all the embedded fonts. That certainly did/does happen for some people who were publishing books.

Try another book, in epub format and check CSS code to make sure that there's no font-family declaration "junk code" (Times New Roman etc) outside of body tag code.

Test the same epub by converting it using KindleGen (which by default also outputs "dual mobi" instead of Calibre just to check if you will still get "old mobi".

Thanks. I don't know a single thing about css and that. It's way beyond my realm of understanding. It does seem that I may just have to wait for the jailbreak to put the fonts directly on the pw2. Unless there is an easy tutorial to understand that css stuff. I greatly appreciate all the help here, though. I did try with a couple different books with the same result.

[Enor]

Originally Posted by knc1

Then the first advice you got, post in the formats forum, is the correct advice.

I'm sorry. I never saw any suggestion of a "formats forum." Additionally, I'm not seeing this forum. All I see under the "Amazon Kindle" sub-forum is "Kindle Fire" and "Kindle Developer's Corner." I was sent to this sub-forum by someone on another site.

I do apologize for being annoying. I'm just very new at all of this and was hoping to get some clear answers. I don't know the lingo and it really is very difficult to read with my visual impairment.

[shamanNS]

Just try another book that you have in epub format. Or deDRM book bought from Kindle Store that is in aw3 format, convert that to epub, change the title to someting like "Blabla bla", convert epub to "dual mobi" with choosing the font family to embed. Send that dual mobi file using approved email address to your PW2 mail address. See what gets downloaded to your PW2.

I've checked it again just now (I don't have my Kindle with me, but I can see in Pending Deliveries that it is waiting for it to deliver .azw3 file) and it works. This time I've even used Calibre to mail the files using my Gmail address. And I have downloaded that book to my Android phone.



p.s I don't have any iOS devices registered to my Amazon account, just PW1, PW3 and Android Phone.


EDIT: Blah, didn't read carefully and missed you stating that you have already tried couple of books. You could PM me the problematic book so that I can try it on my end, and I could send you file that worked for me just so you can check it on your end.

[kleinjar]

Originally Posted by Rizla

There are a couple of things I don't like about the Kobo, but for font customization, it is unbeatable.

Care to elaborate? I'm interested in maybe getting a Kobo someday.

[Rizla]

If you want it, the main Kindle forum is here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=140

This a link gives an overview of the process:
http://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/201...kindle-ebooks/

[Rizla]

Originally Posted by kleinjar

Care to elaborate? I'm interested in maybe getting a Kobo someday.

In brief, 'cos this ain't the place, I don't like that I can't configure the touchscreen to turn pages exactly how I want (same problem on the Kindle, I imagine). That's only one thing. I use open Android devices so I'm thoroughly spoiled

[knc1]

Originally Posted by Enor

I'm sorry. I never saw any suggestion of a "formats forum."
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All things 'Kindle Format' :
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=168

That's where you find the folks that have all these e-boot formats memorized, the problems and the solutions.

there is even a thread titled:
"Publisher fonts option not shown when using send-to-Kindle"
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=259280

That might be a good place to start.

[Enor]

Originally Posted by knc1

All things 'Kindle Format' :
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=168

That's where you find the folks that have all these e-boot formats memorized, the problems and the solutions.

there is even a thread titled:
"Publisher fonts option not shown when using send-to-Kindle"
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=259280

That might be a good place to start.

Thank you SOO much! I feel like I'm starting to get there. All of you folks have been very helpful. I managed to get one of my books to work. I'll just keep tinkering with the other one that wouldn't work. Thanks again, everyone!

[slm]

I have a more modest version of the OP's problem: I can't read a book on the Voyage at a reasonable size in the standard fonts.

I solved it by making all the text bold and choosing Helvetica (which is quite dark).

To accomplish this I use Calibre to convert the book to mobi (or convert the mobi "again"). Under preferences I selected "Common Options" and in the tab "Look and Feel" I typed the following into the "extra css" box

* { font-weight: bold; !important}

I hit "apply" and closed all.
Now all the text is bold in all my books. Of course, this makes it impossible to tell which text was originally bold, but I find I can actually use my Voyage this way.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by slm

I have a more modest version of the OP's problem: I can't read a book on the Voyage at a reasonable size in the standard fonts.
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Use FONT_RAMP if the books are .azw<any>
See links above.

[JSWolf]

With a Kobo, you can patch the firmware so you can use the Advanced Font Control with most side loaded TTF fonts. You can side load fonts and use Advanced Font Control to increase the weight of the fonts. This means that your bold stays bold as it also gets it's weight increased along with the regular, italic, and bold italic. Also with Kobo you get many many more font size options.

For those that have a need for larger fonts, the H2O at 6.8" gives more screen real estate plus, there is hyphenation with variable spacing between words so ePub are not going to have too many wide gaps. You don't need a different format to get hyphenation.

With the patches, you can get a Kobo to allow you to specify font sizes of your choice. With an H2O, you can specify 50 different font sizes.

[jscris]

I've been using the modified version of Deja Vu Serif Katsunami uploaded here a long time ago. It's quite a bit bolder than most serif types. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=224311 It might be helpful with FONT_RAMP as it is for me.