Opus Can the Opus use fonts in ADE/ePub like the 300/505/600/700?

[JSWolf]

The Sony Readers (except the 500) have ADE and can make use of fonts installed on the reader for ePub eBooks. Can the Opus do the same thing? The link below is to the thread in the ePub section describing how to do so on the Sony Readers. Can someone please try this and report back? Thanks.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36361

[JSWolf]

Is anyone going to try this for me please?

[AnemicOak]

I have a replacement being shipped out today. If nobody has tried it by the time I get mine I'll check it for you.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

I have a replacement being shipped out today. If nobody has tried it by the time I get mine I'll check it for you.

Thank you!

[EowynCarter]

No dice there. But i might have missed something.
Like the actual address for the font.

[JSWolf]

@font-face {
  font-family: "Fontin";
  font-weight: normal;
  font-style: normal;
  src: url(res:///Data/fonts/Fontin-Regular.ttf);
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "Fontin";
  font-weight: bold;
  font-style: normal;
  src: url(res:///Data/fonts/Fontin-Bold.ttf);
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "Fontin";
  font-weight: normal;
  font-style: italic;
  src: url(res:///Data/fonts/Fontin-Italic.ttf);
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "Fontin_Sans";
  font-weight: normal;
  font-style: normal;
  src: url(res:///Data/fonts/Fontin_Sans_R_45b.otf);
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "Fontin_Sans";
  font-weight: bold;
  font-style: normal;
  src: url(res:///Data/fonts/Fontin_Sans_B_45b.otf);
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "Fontin_Sans";
  font-weight: normal;
  font-style: italic;
  src: url(res:///Data/fonts/Fontin_Sans_I_45b.otf);
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "Fontin_Sans" ;
  font-weight: bold ;
  font-style: italic ;
  src: url(res:///Data/fonts/Fontin_Sans_BI_45b.otf) ;
}
body {
  font-family: "Fontin", serif;
}

That's the code for adding in a font the Sony way. But you might need to add the font family other places besides body.

Here is where to get Fontin and Fontin Sans. http://www.josbuivenga.demon.nl/fontin.html

The fonts go in a root directory called fonts (all lower case).

[EowynCarter]

i Tried quite a few things, still noting.
i'm not sure if I sould use /Cybook res:///Cybook , /Fonts, or someting else altogether.

@font-face is very recent (css3, june 2009), i'm actually surprised sony supports it.

[wallcraft]

Originally Posted by EowynCarter

i'm not sure if I sould use /Cybook res:///Cybook , /Fonts, or someting else altogether.

I asked in ePub custom Fonts on 700 and 505 and /Data is the root of the user accessible file system on the Sony Readers. So, what is the root of the internal or external user-accessible filesystems called on the Opus (and Gen 3)? Whatever it is, this will be what should replace /Data in the url.

On many Linux systems these days things like SD cards are mounted under /media, but usually /media/sd or something like that.

[Jellby]

Originally Posted by EowynCarter

@font-face is very recent (css3, june 2009), i'm actually surprised sony supports it.

It's not, it goes as far as 1998, at least.

[pdurrant]

@font-face is quite old. It was in CSS2, but was pulled from CSS 2.1 and reinstated (so far) in CSS 3

Originally Posted by EowynCarter

@font-face is very recent (css3, june 2009), i'm actually surprised sony supports it.

[EowynCarter]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

@font-face is quite old. It was in CSS2, but was pulled from CSS 2.1 and reinstated (so far) in CSS 3

I stand corrected then

I asked in ePub custom Fonts on 700 and 505 and /Data is the root of the user accessible file system on the Sony Readers. So, what is the root of the internal or external user-accessible filesystems called on the Opus (and Gen 3)? Whatever it is, this will be what should replace /Data in the url.

Good point. I'll try the standard /mnt /media..
But i guees it'll be faster to ask bookeen.

[mjmcleod]

Did anyone ever figure this out? I'd love to be able to set a more readable font than whatever the publisher thought was a good idea.

[EowynCarter]

You need to edit the ePub anyway. So you can add whatever font you want and edit the css

[mjmcleod]

Originally Posted by EowynCarter

You need to edit the ePub anyway. So you can add whatever font you want and edit the css

I particularly meant figuring out where the Opus internal storage appears in the filesystem. I have a folder called "Fonts" at the root level of the internal storage, but using "src: url(res:///Fonts/Fontin-Regular.ttf);" in the CSS doesn't seem to do the trick -- presumably what looks like the top level when accessing the storage via USB is not in fact the top level so far as the OS on the device is concerned.

(And yes, I do have a copy of the Fontin fonts in that Fonts directory.)

[wallcraft]

Originally Posted by mjmcleod

I particularly meant figuring out where the Opus internal storage appears in the filesystem.

It might be that the SD card is mounted instead. On the Sony's it is the internal storage that is "visible" to ADE and its root is /Data. On the Hanlin's it is the SD card that is "visible" to ADE and its root is /abook. From this, I assume that typically only a single filesystem is visible and that it will have a name (i.e. it isn't just /). The name is likely to be meaningful on the device. Data is always used for the internal memory mount point on the Sony's and /mnt/abook is where the SD card lives on the Halnin's (its internal memory is /home, but that does not work with ADE). This isn't necessarly easy to find by trial and error. I tested res:///mnt/abook on my Hanlin for example, but it never occurred to me that this should be res:///abook. See Fonts and Epub - What works on Sony, Works for Pocket Pro too!