Glo Which font do you read with?

[DdDave]

Originally Posted by Koboyashi

Same here. This is original "Kobo-Delima" :

Thanks for posting the Delima. For some reason this doesn't look the same as the original to my eyes. It's narrower than the original (unless I'm imagining things).

I think I've found a good replacement with Radley. It's a bit more spaced-out horizontally, which is what I was looking for. I also like the Charis SIL others have mentioned. I think I'll switch back and forth for a while and try them both out.

[Danger]

Originally Posted by DdDave

Thanks for posting the Delima. For some reason this doesn't look the same as the original to my eyes. It's narrower than the original (unless I'm imagining things)....

If you sideloaded it, yes it will be thinner/narrower than in pre v.2.0.0. It's one of the reasons I won't update beyond 1.9.17 anymore. The Sabon LTStd OTF font that I use looks really good in 1.9.17 nice and full body letters, great looking italics and the bold really stands out but after 1.9.17 it looks thin, almost as if it was annorexic. Yes I could use one of the ones that come loaded with the firmware and I have tried them all, but they just pale in comparison to the Sabon (pre 2.0.0).

[seedyeh]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I don't have a Kobo, but I do use my modified version of Charis SIL. It looks very nice and does not have a large line space and the lower case letters are so small compared to the capitols. Garamond is a good example of too small lower case letters compared to the caps.

can you post a link to download this font?

edit: is this the font https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...8&postcount=53

[CaptainCrash]

Originally Posted by seedyeh

can you post a link to download this font?

edit: is this the font https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...8&postcount=53

That's the one, yes, I've just installed it on my Kobo Touch.

I'm very happy with it, and the fact that you can't tweak sideloaded fonts doesn't matter, as it looks so good out of the box. Nice work JSWolf.

[stewacide]

Would like to read with Avenir but the italics are and have long been broken. So I read with Gil Sans which is OK but still a bit over styled for my taste.

[stewacide]

Now that Avenir and Gil Sans BOTH have broken italics, can anyone recommend a clear sans- font that looks right on the Kobo? (I've only ever used and am happy with standard weight and sharpness) When I've tried to use sideloaded fonts before they always looked way too light/thin.

[Lynx-lynx]

The OpenDyslexic looks an interesting font .... anyone here dyslexic or know someone who is?

Wonder if it helps a dyslexic person to read?

[Lynx-lynx]

BTW I'm using 'Document Default' - have got any probs with it.

[Canorka]

Does anyone have working Malabar font files lying around by any chance? I use it to read on my Mini. Would like to do the same on my 1.9.17 Touch.

Giving Felbridge a whirl right now. Liking it a lot.

[Cdesja5]

Originally Posted by Lynx-lynx

The OpenDyslexic looks an interesting font .... anyone here dyslexic or know someone who is?

Wonder if it helps a dyslexic person to read?

It's been available on the Touch for a while and past posters have said "yes", it makes reading much easier for for dyslexics.

[gouni]

I tested all the fonts and I come back always to Averia GWF family

http://iotic.com/averia/

You can choose averia gwf:

agw-Normal
agw-Serif
agw-Sans

I like the three agw, I change depending on the type of reading

Five fonts :

averia sans
averia sans serif
averia gwf
averia gwf serif
averia gwf sans

four spé : ****

****-Regular
****-Bold
****-Italic
****-BoldItalic

[Canorka]

Originally Posted by gouni

I tested all the fonts and I come back always to Averia GWF family

http://iotic.com/averia/

You can choose averia gwf:

agw-Normal
agw-Serif
agw-Sans

I like the three agw, I change depending on the type of reading

Five fonts :

averia sans
averia sans serif
averia gwf
averia gwf serif
averia gwf sans

four spé : ****

****-Regular
****-Bold
****-Italic
****-BoldItalic

Ooh, I like these...

[Lynx-lynx]

Originally Posted by Cdesja5

It's been available on the Touch for a while and past posters have said "yes", it makes reading much easier for for dyslexics.

Thanks Cdesja5

Good to know that dyslexics needs have been considered - and one wonders why it isn't considered to be a 'natural' inclusion where font is a choice irrespective of the device.

[roycymru]

I am currently alternating between the Kobo Nickel (with the weight turned up a few notches in Advanced settings and Amaranth (a downloaded font, see below). Amaranth is a naturally "weighty" font and it also comes with an Italic version as well. The omission of Italic versions of Kobo fonts is frustrating and greatly lessens the reading experience. Instead of italics it displays the font in bold. Bold in written text I see as the equivalent of "shouting" which is most distracting. If the author put text in Italics, this is how they should be displayed.

The Amaranth font you can download from here http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/li...e/Sans%20Serif . Create a folder called fonts in the root directory of your Kobo and then just copy the downloaded fonts into this directory, the Kobo will then have Amaranth as a font option (explained better here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU7JpaKlyMc). The only disadvantage of a downloaded font is that Advanced options, for advanced tweaking, are not available from the Kobo menu.

[meeera]

Originally Posted by gouni

I tested all the fonts and I come back always to Averia GWF family

http://iotic.com/averia/

Thanks very much for this link - I'm actually really liking Averia Sans.