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Old 03-18-2021, 09:00 AM   #46
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Did they remove the "Publisher Font" option from the Aa menu? I have a lot of books embedded with cool fonts, and now I can't use them in this new update.
I did some testing with a book purchased from Amazon that includes its own fonts. That book downloaded to my Oasis in KFX format and the Publisher Font option is appeared for it normally.

I then removed it from the Kindle and used the Download & Transfer via USB option from amazon.com to obtain the same book in KF8 (azw3) format. After sideloading that to the Oasis the Publisher Font choice did not appear, so something is definitely wrong. The same KF8 file sideloaded to Kindle for Android does show the Publisher Font option, so it is not a problem with that file.

I was able to download other books in KF8 format to my Oasis and the Publisher Font option appeared for them, so the problem does not occur for every book in KF8 format.

I plan to do some more investigation to see if I can isolate a specific cause for the problem.
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Old 03-18-2021, 09:18 AM   #47
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I did some testing with a book purchased from Amazon that includes its own fonts. That book downloaded to my Oasis in KFX format and the Publisher Font option is appeared for it normally.

I then removed it from the Kindle and used the Download & Transfer via USB option from amazon.com to obtain the same book in KF8 (azw3) format. After sideloading that to the Oasis the Publisher Font choice did not appear, so something is definitely wrong. The same KF8 file sideloaded to Kindle for Android does show the Publisher Font option, so it is not a problem with that file.

I was able to download other books in KF8 format to my Oasis and the Publisher Font option appeared for them, so the problem does not occur for every book in KF8 format.

I plan to do some more investigation to see if I can isolate a specific cause for the problem.
That's strange! Are these books converted through calibre? Because mine are solely epubs converted (and embedded with custom fonts) through calibre.

EDIT: someone on reddit contacted customer service by email and they confirmed the publisher font option has been discarded. Here's the reply from https://www.reddit.com/r/kindle/comm..._font/grcoubu/

Hi Victor,

Thank you for contacting Amazon Brasil, it will be a pleasure to help you.

I very much regret the inconvenience when using the publisher's font after the new device update.

According to your e-mail and your request, I would like to inform you that I did a detailed search to verify the functionality and at the moment this option is not available with the new update.

This will depend a lot on the new features that the new update has, some remain others are excluded.

However, I am deeply grateful for having invested your time and interest in sending your comments, know that we highly value this.

Victor, in case you need any other assistance, I am available for any clarification. You can click on the "Contact Us" button on any help page or access the page.

https://www.amazon.com.br/faleconosco

It was an immense satisfaction to have clarified your doubts.

Hug! Happy week.

Best regards,

Cesar M.
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Are these books converted through calibre? Because mine are solely epubs converted (and embedded with custom fonts) through calibre.
No, the book that exhibits the problem is an unmodified Amazon purchase.

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...at the moment this option is not available with the new update.
I suspect a misunderstanding/mistake by customer service. That option is definitely still available for many books.

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After further testing I have determined that the Publisher Font option is controlled by metadata within the KF8 file. If EXTH field 528 (OverrideKindleFonts) is set to "true" then the Publisher Font option is made available for that book. If it is missing or set "false" the Publisher Font option will not be shown.

I believe that this is a change in the new firmware (5.13.5), but I don't have a Kindle running the previous firmware to verify that.
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Old 03-18-2021, 11:26 AM   #50
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No, the book that exhibits the problem is an unmodified Amazon purchase.



I suspect a misunderstanding/mistake by customer service. That option is definitely still available for many books.

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After further testing I have determined that the Publisher Font option is controlled by metadata within the KF8 file. If EXTH field 528 (OverrideKindleFonts) is set to "true" then the Publisher Font option is made available for that book. If it is missing or set "false" the Publisher Font option will not be shown.

I believe that this is a change in the new firmware (5.13.5), but I don't have a Kindle running the previous firmware to verify that.
Is that something that can be edited?
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After further testing I have determined that the Publisher Font option is controlled by metadata within the KF8 file. If EXTH field 528 (OverrideKindleFonts) is set to "true" then the Publisher Font option is made available for that book. If it is missing or set "false" the Publisher Font option will not be shown.

I believe that this is a change in the new firmware (5.13.5), but I don't have a Kindle running the previous firmware to verify that.
On 5.13.3 the Publisher Font option appears in both cases.

I thought EXTH 528 was controlling locking Publisher Fonts (in KFX format). It worked in that book. But after testing another book it didn not work. Now I am confused.
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Is that something that can be edited?
Possibly using a metadata editor. I don't have any experience with software to do that.

This field will be set properly by default in books converted to Master MOBI format using kindlegen or the Kindle Previewer. It will not be present in books converted to KF8 (aka AZW3) using calibre, causing the Publisher Font option to be unavailable.
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I thought EXTH 528 was controlling locking Publisher Fonts (in KFX format). It worked in that book. But after testing another book it didn not work. Now I am confused.
As far as I can tell the Kindle Previewer ignores the "override-kindle-fonts" metadata value set in the OPF when converting to KFX. Books that contain fonts will always have that value set true in their internal KFX metadata.
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Is there any ways to stop automatically update to newer versions from this?
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Anyone else notice something like this??

https://www.reddit.com/r/kindle/comm..._dictionaries/

I haven't, but I haven't browsed my collections lately. People who get this say there's no way to hide these.
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Anyone else notice something like this??

https://www.reddit.com/r/kindle/comm..._dictionaries/

I haven't, but I haven't browsed my collections lately. People who get this say there's no way to hide these.
Dictionaries and User Guides are built-in collections. They always show up at the end of Library list, where you will hardly ever see them unless you go looking for them. How is this a problem?
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Ah, okay. They were acting like it was new. It isn't something that bothers me personally as I haven't noticed.
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There are reports on Reddit of the book cover screensaver feature appearing for some users running the most recent firmware.

I restarted my Oasis, but the feature is not yet available to me.

Added: Separate thread on this topic here.
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