09-21-2010, 08:28 PM | #31 |
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09-21-2010, 09:00 PM | #32 |
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09-21-2010, 11:35 PM | #33 |
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I used Garamond Premier Pro, converted from my OpenType originals, and the results were...crummy. Sizes one through three were barely readable, size four approached what Caecilia looks like on size two...anyway, a mess. Gorgeous in the upper sizes though.
I'm guessing the conversion (done with an online tool) was probably less than ideal? Can anyone recommend an alternative that might be a bit smarter with the hinting? |
09-22-2010, 04:51 AM | #34 |
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I managed to clean up a few of the fonts I was trying out by selecting 'Remove kerning' when converting them to TTF using Font Squirrel. This helped a lot, making the fonts much crisper on the Kindle.
One problem I keep running into, though, is that the terminal on the lower case 'f' is systematically chopped off whenever it appears at the end of a line. I've seen this now in five different fonts. Changing the margins and justification doesn't seem to help either. I've attached a screenshot here of Minion Pro Condensed. Is anyone else running into this? Any ideas on how to fix it? |
09-22-2010, 06:27 AM | #35 | |
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09-22-2010, 07:12 AM | #36 |
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@veezh: Tweak the bearings for that character in a font editor, maybe? (Fontforge :P).
@flandroid: Yep, converting PS OTF fonts is a pain. You can try to port the hinting instructions by copying the PS Private table over to your converted font, and a run of AutoHint & AutoInstr on Fontforge, but it's far from perfect... Or, to build generic hinting instructions via FontForge (from a completely non hinted font [if not, Clear Hints & Clear Instr beforehand]). * Add & let guess the BlueValues & OtherBlues settings in the PS private table. * AutoHint * Add & let guess StdHW, StdVW, StemSnapH, StemSnapV in the PS private table. * AutoHint (again) * AutoInstr But it really depends on the fonts, and sometimes, you'll end up with something far worse than the unhinted font . Or you can just use the OpenType CFF font directly, without forgetting to make it a .ttf and not a .otf . If you're still unsatisifed with the hinting, you can try to AutoHint it *as a CFF font*, and not a TrueType font. (Same as before, clear hints & instrs, Fill & Guess the PS private table, AutoHint, export as OpenType CFF). That usually works better, FontForge handles PS fonts way better than trueType ones . Last edited by NiLuJe; 10-11-2010 at 11:11 PM. |
09-22-2010, 09:13 AM | #37 |
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Has anyone tried the Palatino font on the K3? I ask because it's a very popular font for printing novels (though I suspect due to the eInk characteristics it may not convey so well).
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09-22-2010, 11:52 AM | #38 |
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Well, OTF Type 1/2 fonts renamed as .ttf *seem* to work fine so far, and the Kindle uses the the hinting instructions, so that should help a lot for those PS fonts .
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09-22-2010, 12:00 PM | #39 |
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Curious that the underlying system accepts them - though I suppose really since Linux (and most software on Linux) works by the contents/signature of the file as opposed to the file "extension" (which is meaningless) there's no reason it shouldn't work. Good find that. |
09-22-2010, 12:28 PM | #40 |
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OpenType Collections (.ttc if I remember correcly) probably won't, though.
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09-22-2010, 12:29 PM | #41 |
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That's fine - the fonts I mostly use here are T1/2. Will be interesting to experiment when the K3 finally arrives.
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09-22-2010, 12:38 PM | #42 |
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09-22-2010, 12:51 PM | #43 |
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[QUOTE=NiLuJe;1123042]@veezh: Tweak the bearings for that character in a font editor, maybe? (Fontforge :P).
Thanks for the tip. I've finally managed to adjust the right bearing for the 'f' character. Very fiddly, but it worked a treat. |
09-22-2010, 01:42 PM | #44 | |
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Edit: No dice. The hinting in Garamond Premier Pro makes some lines too fine (for instance, the 'y' looks like three balls joined by hairs) at a size equivalent to my default reading size. Boo. Will try others sometime (when I'm not at the office). Last edited by flandroid; 09-22-2010 at 01:54 PM. |
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09-22-2010, 02:08 PM | #45 |
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So for whatever reason, I'm reluctant to hack my Kindle. I'm sure it's pretty safe (and I'm a Software Engineer by trade, so I have experience with embedded Linux and coding in general), but I don't think I stand much to gain by doing it.
While I'd like new screensavers, I can hold out until Amazon implements them officially, since when I'm not reading, the cover is flapped closed anyway. I'm not in love with the default fonts, but find them usable. I'd love something a little more usable at smaller sizes, though, so this thread really intrigues me. Perhaps I'm still not getting something. I admittedly haven't tried these steps, mostly because I'm lazy and after getting home from 10 hours writing embedded firmware all day I'd rather just read then hack my reader. Assuming I get over this laziness however, is there anything stopping me from taking Garamond (for example) from C:\Windows\Fonts\GARA.TTF and just using that? Do fonts contain DRM or anything like that? Do these contain the necessary hinting so they don't look like garbage? I'm on Win7, if that matters. When I double-click on the .ttf file in my fonts director, it opens in the Windows font viewer and says "Garamond (OpenType)" even though the file is actually a ttf file. It also says Digitally Signed and TrueType Outlines, and Version 2.40. Perhaps I'm overthinking it and should just try it, but like I said, I'm lazy and don't want to spend hours to get it the way I like it :-P One final question, but are the standard system fonts in a user-accessible location? I assume not, since then you could just replace them with whatever you wanted, but I have to ask, since this method doesn't allow me to use the Aa button to change fonts at will. |
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