What font are you using for what type of book?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Kobo is very capricious in regard to fonts. I had to edit many of my custom fonts with FontForge, otherwise Kobo didn't display them correctly.

Well, Kindles are capricious too, but a bit less than a Kobo.

Is this for KePub or ePub? Does one or the other work better with fonts?

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

...and DejaVu Serif Eink (modified by a MR member) on my Nook.

Do you embed the fonts in the ePub?

On my Nook, I use Georgia or Malabar. On my Kobo I mostly use Literata Book

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Is this for KePub or ePub? Does one or the other work better with fonts?

I don't use kepub, so no idea really how it behaves with fonts. From what I remember while trying different formats at first, epub was fussier. I use epub these days.

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Do you embed the fonts in the ePub?

Yep. In those epubs that go to my Nook ( I keep separate libraries in Calibre for all my books, for Kindle/Nook books in epub/azw3 and for Kobo books in epub. The titles mostly overlap between the last two and are included in the first, but as they require different settings - plugboards for Nook and Kindle, font embedding for Nook - it's simpler this way).

[astrangerhere]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

That's a pretty good looking font. Do you use IBM Plex Sans for sans-serif?

I very rarely if ever use sans-serif, but were I going to, I would probably use the Plex.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by astrangerhere

I very rarely if ever use sans-serif, but were I going to, I would probably use the Plex.

Some books use sans serif. Sometimes just for chapter headers and sometimes in the main text. I;m going to get the IBM Plex Sans a try and see how it goes.

[Apache]

Whatever font the ereader throws up, as long as it isn't really obnoxious. I really do not notice a font, when I read, unless it throws me out of the story.
Apache

[NiMa]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Some books use sans serif. Sometimes just for chapter headers and sometimes in the main text. I;m going to get the IBM Plex Sans a try and see how it goes.

Plex Sans seems like a good font for headers. Maybe I'll try it.

[astrangerhere]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Some books use sans serif. Sometimes just for chapter headers and sometimes in the main text. I;m going to get the IBM Plex Sans a try and see how it goes.

I have Calibre convert everything it can to the Plex Serif output. Everything else, I just leave be. I don't build or edit ebooks, but sans-serif fonts are just harder for my eyes to deal with.

[4691mls]

I usually just use whatever the default font is.

[Deskisamess]

Almost always Bookerly, sometimes Literata Book. For some reason I don't like Bookerly on my iPhone or iPad mini Kindle app.

I do like the look of that Plex Serif. Is that one that can be added to Kindles?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by astrangerhere

I have Calibre convert everything it can to the Plex Serif output. Everything else, I just leave be. I don't build or edit ebooks, but sans-serif fonts are just harder for my eyes to deal with.

I'm not talking about reading with a sans-serif font as the main font. I'm talking about using IBM Plex Sans when the eBooks's CSS says to use a sans-serif font.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Deskisamess

Almost always Bookerly, sometimes Literata Book. For some reason I don't like Bookerly on my iPhone or iPad mini Kindle app.

I do like the look of that Plex Serif. Is that one that can be added to Kindles?

Yes it can be added to Kindles that support side loaded fonts.

[Deskisamess]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Yes it can be added to Kindles that support side loaded fonts.

Thanks!

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by Deskisamess

I do like the look of that Plex Serif. Is that one that can be added to Kindles?

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Yes it can be added to Kindles that support side loaded fonts.

I don't know if this is the best source for it (or whether there is a specific version for eReaders) but I found it for download here...

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/IBM+Plex+Serif

I gave it a try, but I still prefer Constantia.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by rcentros

I don't know if this is the best source for it (or whether there is a specific version for eReaders) but I found it for download here...

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/IBM+Plex+Serif

I gave it a try, but I still prefer Constantia.

You can just download Plex directly from IBM: here

They offer Open Type, True Type, web versions and source code.

Edit: If you're confused by the IBM Plex Sans KR Styles (like I was) it turns out that they didn't include Korean versions of the font as there are so many characters involved, it is a separate download. If you download from that page, you get Plex Serif, Sans, Hebrew, Arabic, Thai, I forget what else.