Touch Loaded font but italics won't work

Nina182B · 08-07-2011, 09:47 PM

I loaded 'Bitstream Vera Sans' font on my Touch and noticed that italics won't work. It shows up looking regular. When I use other fonts, the italic word or phrase are showing up properly, but not for this one. I have the same font files on my Cybook Opus using the same ePub and it works on that reader, but not on my Kobo Touch. Any thoughts?

PeterT · 08-07-2011, 09:59 PM

Does this help?

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...5&postcount=46

Quote:

Originally Posted by george.talusan

This is true. The Adobe SDK allows us to specify a URL to a font file but Qt doesn't allow us to introspect a TTF/OTF for its font family/weight without difficulty.

The resolution is that fonts should end with -Bold, -BoldItalic, -Italic, or alternatively, b, i, z.

Yours seem to end with Bd Bi and It.

Nina182B · 08-07-2011, 10:16 PM

Yeyyyyyy, it works now! Thank you for pointing me in the right direction

soy740 · 11-06-2011, 01:20 PM

I tried loading Arial fonts directed from the Windows Fonts folder on my Kobo Touch. I named the fonts Arial.ttf, Arial-Bold.ttf, etc, but it doesn't work. In the font selection, there's only one "Arial" and it's the regular type, but the font displayed looks like Arial Bold, and words are also not italicized where they should =(

Is anyone else having this problem or am I doing it wrong?

PeterT · 11-06-2011, 01:39 PM

You only will see one Arial listed in the Kobo's menu; the other three files are just the different "weights"

soy740 · 11-06-2011, 01:46 PM

Right, but the actual font in the book isn't being bolded or italicized where it should. It looks like the device loaded only Arial Bold. I definitely have the files named correctly (Arial.ttf, Arial-Bold.ttf, Arial-BoldItalic.ttf, and Arial-Italic.ttf), and the content of the files are correct. The last thing I can think of is that the book I'm reading is a custom one I loaded using calibri; would that have anything to do with it?

PeterT · 11-06-2011, 02:09 PM

How does the book seem in any other viewer (ie ADE or Calibre on the PC)? Do you see different font faces?

On the Kobo what happens if you use any other font besides Arial?

soy740 · 11-06-2011, 02:22 PM

It's working now! I had previously loaded the fonts without naming them properly, and I suppose the device was using a cached version of the font from before. I deleted all the Arial fonts except for the regular one, then copied them back on again. Now it works, thanks PeterT =)

08-07-2011, 10:16 PM	#3
Nina182B Connoisseur Posts: 60 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: NJ, USA Device: Kindle, Cybook Opus, Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo, Kobo Aura	Thank you! Yeyyyyyy, it works now! Thank you for pointing me in the right direction

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11-06-2011, 01:20 PM	#4
soy740 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 45244 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kobo Touch	I tried loading Arial fonts directed from the Windows Fonts folder on my Kobo Touch. I named the fonts Arial.ttf, Arial-Bold.ttf, etc, but it doesn't work. In the font selection, there's only one "Arial" and it's the regular type, but the font displayed looks like Arial Bold, and words are also not italicized where they should =( Is anyone else having this problem or am I doing it wrong?

11-06-2011, 01:39 PM	#5
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,652 Karma: 74500000 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	You only will see one Arial listed in the Kobo's menu; the other three files are just the different "weights"

11-06-2011, 01:46 PM	#6
soy740 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 45244 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kobo Touch	Right, but the actual font in the book isn't being bolded or italicized where it should. It looks like the device loaded only Arial Bold. I definitely have the files named correctly (Arial.ttf, Arial-Bold.ttf, Arial-BoldItalic.ttf, and Arial-Italic.ttf), and the content of the files are correct. The last thing I can think of is that the book I'm reading is a custom one I loaded using calibri; would that have anything to do with it?

11-06-2011, 02:09 PM	#7
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,652 Karma: 74500000 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	How does the book seem in any other viewer (ie ADE or Calibre on the PC)? Do you see different font faces? On the Kobo what happens if you use any other font besides Arial?

11-06-2011, 02:22 PM	#8
soy740 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 45244 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kobo Touch	It's working now! I had previously loaded the fonts without naming them properly, and I suppose the device was using a cached version of the font from before. I deleted all the Arial fonts except for the regular one, then copied them back on again. Now it works, thanks PeterT =)

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