About custom and side loaded fonts

[Colonel Cathcart]

Originally Posted by PunkyKoopa

Thank you!
Also, do you know a trusty place to get the Bookerly font?

I'm no expert on the matter, but maybe here?
https://www.cufonfonts.com/font/bookerly

[PunkyKoopa]

Thank you!

My final question (really, it is!).

I have downloaded Bitter HT both from Google Fonts and the designer website. I don't understand how but they are different. It's like the one in the designer website has a "bit more of space between lines" if it is possible. It should be exactly the same, right?

Could be so kind of trying? They are called different, Bitter and Bitter Pro but the glyphs are identical...

[Colonel Cathcart]

I made a mistake, better, download straight from the horse's mouth:
https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/a...y?tag=mr060-20

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Colonel Cathcart

I made a mistake, better, download straight from the horse's mouth:
https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/a...y?tag=mr060-20

One issue with downloading from the link you gave is the version of Bookerly there is 1.010 while the latest from the Kindle firmware unpack is 1.201.

[PunkyKoopa]

Originally Posted by DNSB

One issue with downloading from the link you gave is the version of Bookerly there is 1.010 while the latest from the Kindle firmware unpack is 1.201.

But is there any big difference?

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by PunkyKoopa

But is there any big difference?

To me there is a noticeable difference but then I've been interested in fonts for decades. To the average person? I;m not sure if most of them would see any difference.

The 1.201 version also has more glyphs but again, if you don't read something that would involve displaying one of those glyphs, you wouldn't notice any difference. For instance, 1.010 has 4 currency symbols while 1.201 has 20. See the attached images from FontForge to see the supported glyphs.

[PunkyKoopa]

Thank you! I will keep the 1.010 as I have already installed it. And as you say, I am far from expert regarding fonts.

And what about the strange difference between the Bitter font depending on the download source. Do you know what can be happening?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by PunkyKoopa

I see. To put it simple, when you use Word or Pages or the text processor of your choice and you change the text to bold, you are just adjusting the weight in a greater increment.

So I need to use the regular version of the font and if I feel that’s too light, I should use a heavier version as regular and rename the metadata accordingly, right?

The heavier font I use as “base” font the heavier it will be when I adjust it in Kobo to the maximum weight, right?

For reference, on my Kindle and always used Bookerly with the base weight.

You use the regular version of the font and adjust the weight with your Kobo. That's the easiest way to do it.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

You use the regular version of the font and adjust the weight with your Kobo. That's the easiest way to do it.

I agree. I've tried using a medium weight for regular for a couple of fonts, but didn't like the result. The regular with Kobo's weight adjustment looked better.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by DNSB

One issue with downloading from the link you gave is the version of Bookerly there is 1.010 while the latest from the Kindle firmware unpack is 1.201.

I remember there being some discussion about bookerly being slightly different on an e-ink Kindle than on, say, a Fire tablet. Is that so? And if so, do wither of the links give e-ink Bookerly?

I notice in the Amazon link there's Bookerly and Bookerly display. And in the Bookerly folder, there appears to be Bookerly and Bookerly LCD.

Would I be right in assuming that the font in the Bookerly folder that does NOT have LCD would be the one to use on an ereader?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

I remember there being some discussion about bookerly being slightly different on an e-ink Kindle than on, say, a Fire tablet. Is that so? And if so, do wither of the links give e-ink Bookerly?

I notice in the Amazon link there's Bookerly and Bookerly display. And in the Bookerly folder, there appears to be Bookerly and Bookerly LCD.

Would I be right in assuming that the font in the Bookerly folder that does NOT have LCD would be the one to use on an ereader?

The best version of Bookerly to use for a Kobo is the one in the current Kindle firmware.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The best version of Bookerly to use for a Kobo is the one in the current Kindle firmware.

And is that one a part of any of the files linked to? That's the question.

[rtiangha]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

And is that one a part of any of the files linked to? That's the question.

Nope.

But version 1.010 did ship on Kindles so that's probably the one you want from that package.

Since then, there was also version 1.020 and the current 1.201 version with the glyph expansion, but you would need to extract those from Kindle firmware if you want them.

[ZodWallop]

Anyone know what difference there are between the versions of Bookerly available here and here and the version that is on an e-ink Kindle?

If I install one of those downloadable versions, what differences might I notice on my Kobo? Like I remember I prefer Literata Book to Literata. From memory, there is more padding on regular Literata. Book is more condensed.

(All this concern, yet I already have Bookerly on my Kobo, I think the e-ink version that someone here shared for a hot minute, and I still use Literata Book anyway.)

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Anyone know what difference there are between the versions of Bookerly available here and here and the version that is on an e-ink Kindle?

The difference is one site is legal and the other site is illegal. So I suggest you remove your link to the illegal site.