09-22-2010, 02:33 PM | #46 |
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@flandroid: Yeah, I have usbnet installed and ready, so at worst I can fix up/restart the Kindle manually. You shouldn't have any worse issue than the GUI being borken/unresponsive with this kind of thing, though .
@gca3020: It'll take a bit more than the Windows font viewer to know how the font is hinted, you'll have to open it with a font editor (I use Fontforge on Linux). Or with FreeType's utils if you're familiar with the different FT settings . And even if they're not hinted, at worst they'll look a bit fuzzy (unhinted), or weird (badly hinted, than can cause broken outlines, varying weight/height across glyphs...). The only time I really had something unusable was when trying one of Vista's TTC font on my K2 a while ago, and even then, it was just garbled a bit . So, TTC excluded, the Kindle will probably handle most of the PS/Type 1/Type 2/TTF/OTF fonts you'll throw at it . And no, the default fonts are not user-accessible, but the full fonts hack back them up in an user-accessible directory. Last edited by NiLuJe; 09-22-2010 at 02:46 PM. |
09-22-2010, 02:37 PM | #47 |
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awesome. I've spent quite a lot of money on OTFs. Wasn't too happy with true TTFs, mainly because I don't have that many good ones :-)
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09-22-2010, 02:57 PM | #48 |
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Thanks for the reply. Looks like I can install fontforge on Windows with cygwin, so I might play with that for a bit, since I already have cygwin installed.
Gives me something to play with while compiling code, I suppose. I'm new to typography in general, so most of what you said went right over my head, but I'll play around in fontforge to see if I can learn anything. Is there a really easy way to tell if a font is hinted? |
09-22-2010, 04:06 PM | #49 |
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@gca3020: Once you click on a glyph to edit it, if it's a Type 1/Type 2 font (cubic outlines), you'll see the hinting as colored blocks inside the outline (among other things). If it's a TTF font (quadratic outlines), the bytecode hinting is viewable via Hints > Edit instructions.
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10-06-2010, 06:41 PM | #50 |
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dictionary pop-up font
How do I change the font of the dictionary pop-up using this trick?
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10-07-2010, 12:26 AM | #51 |
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You can't. You'll have to use the full font hack for this. (It's Sans_Regular).
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10-11-2010, 11:15 PM | #52 |
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A quick note, because I'm a bit stupid and hadn't tried that before...
When the hinting doesn't look very good for a font, instead of exporting it to TrueType, and autohint & autoinstr, you can also try exporting (or not, if it's already a PS font) it to OpenType CFF, clearing hints & AutoHint seems to give far more nicer results . [Read FontForge's docs, you may need to tweak a few settings in the preferences for autohinting to work correctly]. In short: Prefer OpenType CFF fonts over TrueType fonts when targetting a K3 And autohint ftw! . Last edited by NiLuJe; 10-11-2010 at 11:58 PM. |
10-15-2010, 03:02 AM | #53 |
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Still no change for me, I did all your instructions very well.
So I'll going to use the hack. Thanks any way. Last edited by meem; 10-15-2010 at 05:55 AM. |
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Question: I have a problem reading chinese mobi on k3, I want to know if changing the font will solve the problem. and which font should i use to replace the default one?
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11-21-2010, 11:54 AM | #55 |
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Workaround for font size?
My Kindle 2 5-way moves only left and now my font it tiny and the margins are compressed! Is there a reasonable workaround to set the font larger and restore the wider margins? I would be perfectly happy to leave it there once it is reset. (Called Amazon already...only offer was a refurbished.) Thanks.
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11-21-2010, 01:09 PM | #56 |
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@jl1234: no, use the full font hack or switch the locale (check the dev forum)
@Wilburtess: Wrong thread. This of for the k3. |
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Thanks a lot
Works fine with Ubuntu Fonts |
12-14-2010, 11:35 PM | #58 |
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NiluJe,
1. Does your instruction work dor kindle 3 wi-fi eReader? 2. in the fonts folder, do I need to same files name you instructed? can I add more fonts other than those 3 fonts? Thanks a lot, xiaoyi |
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add new fonts on kindle 3 wi-fi
NiluJe,
1. Does your instruction work dor kindle 3 wi-fi eReader? 2. in the fonts folder, do I need to same files name you instructed? can I add more fonts other than those 3 fonts? Thanks a lot, xiaoyi Quote:
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2. You do have to call it alt. It will not recognize anything else. And you can only have one set of fonts. You can use otf fonts. Just rename it ttf. You don't need to use the same font for all the styles. You can use arial for regular, and times for bold if you want. Of course it will look weird, but that's just an example. Personally, I use souvenir medium for regular, and souvenir Demi for bold. This gives me nice dark text. |
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