Do Fonts Work On The New Booxes?

Rand Brittain · 12-05-2018, 10:32 PM

I played around for a while with the T68, but ultimately found that it was impossible to use because if you selected any font other than the default, bold and italic text wouldn't display because you had to select Regular/Bold/Italic subsets of fonts as separate fonts.

Do the newer models of Boox reader fix this problem?

Rand Brittain · 12-12-2018, 01:54 AM

Any word on this? I would really have to know before I even consider buying a Boox again.

sogaiu · 12-12-2018, 03:05 AM

FWIW, on the Max 2 (firmware is 1.9.x here), using NeoReader v2.0, the font functionality doesn't seem to be a problem. That is, when I choose a font other than the default (there appear to be quite a number of choices for English -- over 100 IIUC), I can see bold as well as italic within a single document.

Does that answer your question?

Perhaps other folks can chime in with their experiences.

mobama · 12-12-2018, 05:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rand Brittain

I played around for a while with the T68, but ultimately found that it was impossible to use because if you selected any font other than the default, bold and italic text wouldn't display because you had to select Regular/Bold/Italic subsets of fonts as separate fonts.

I have a T76ML and I did not encounter this problem. I suspect the problem could depend on
a) the reading app you use and
b) on the specific font.

In general, my preferred font is DejaVu with all its variants in the family - serif, bold, italic, mono, etc. The fact that my preferred font family has so many variants possibly escapes the problem you describe.

Also, for epub, I prefer Coolreader instead of the other reading apps that are included in the device. Neo reader is fine for pdf, but we don't change fonts in pdfs.

I have not seen the newer Booxes (with Android 6) up close.

I don't deny that the issue exists for you. I have encountered something similar in Pocketbook's default reading app. However, it was present only when I selected some specific fonts that were limited in several ways, meant to be fancy or fantasy while lacking regular, italic etc variants.

Rand Brittain · 12-12-2018, 01:04 PM

The issue I was talking about happened with all of Onyx's built-in readers. They regarded the regular/bold/italic versions of any font other than the default as separate fonts and wouldn't use them together, only all-regular or all-italic.

Rand Brittain · 12-12-2018, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sogaiu

FWIW, on the Max 2 (firmware is 1.9.x here), using NeoReader v2.0, the font functionality doesn't seem to be a problem. That is, when I choose a font other than the default (there appear to be quite a number of choices for English -- over 100 IIUC), I can see bold as well as italic within a single document.

Does that answer your question?

Perhaps other folks can chime in with their experiences.

Okay, this is good to hear.

12-05-2018, 10:32 PM	#1
Rand Brittain Bookmaker Posts: 416 Karma: 2143650 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Cybook Opus	Do Fonts Work On The New Booxes? I played around for a while with the T68, but ultimately found that it was impossible to use because if you selected any font other than the default, bold and italic text wouldn't display because you had to select Regular/Bold/Italic subsets of fonts as separate fonts. Do the newer models of Boox reader fix this problem?

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12-12-2018, 01:54 AM	#2
Rand Brittain Bookmaker Posts: 416 Karma: 2143650 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Cybook Opus	Any word on this? I would really have to know before I even consider buying a Boox again.

12-12-2018, 03:05 AM	#3
sogaiu Addict Posts: 209 Karma: 83543 Join Date: Jan 2018 Device: none	FWIW, on the Max 2 (firmware is 1.9.x here), using NeoReader v2.0, the font functionality doesn't seem to be a problem. That is, when I choose a font other than the default (there appear to be quite a number of choices for English -- over 100 IIUC), I can see bold as well as italic within a single document. Does that answer your question? Perhaps other folks can chime in with their experiences.

12-12-2018, 01:04 PM	#5
Rand Brittain Bookmaker Posts: 416 Karma: 2143650 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Cybook Opus	The issue I was talking about happened with all of Onyx's built-in readers. They regarded the regular/bold/italic versions of any font other than the default as separate fonts and wouldn't use them together, only all-regular or all-italic.