01-20-2008, 10:46 PM | #1 |
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Only three fonts? :P
As far as I can tell from testing the only fonts the 505 recognizes is Arial, Times New Roman, and Courier. Anything else it just displays the book in Arial/TNR.
Of those three TNR is the easiest for me to read, but I'd prefer to read my books in Trebuchet or Calibri. Anyone found a way to modify the supported font list? Last edited by KorrMuraan; 01-20-2008 at 11:08 PM. |
01-21-2008, 12:03 AM | #2 |
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You can make your own books in BookDesigner and embed the font you want to use. This produces LRF files (the native format for the Sony) that are larger than they would be without the embedded font and the page turns take a bit longer. Otherwise you could make custom sized PDF files (like those from Feedbooks) that use your favored font.
There was some discussion about replacing the base fonts in the PRS-500 but as I remember that option is not available for the firmware of the 505. By the way, the fonts in the Reader are from Bitstream and are Dutch (the TNR clone) and Swiss (the Helv or Ariel clone.) |
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01-21-2008, 04:50 AM | #3 |
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I usually make my own pdf files and embed the font I want. I don't typically read whole books or articles in anything other than Times New Roman, though. I find most fonts to be too distracting and annoying to read continually.
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01-21-2008, 04:53 AM | #4 |
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It should be noted, however, that embedding fonts in a document can dramatically slow down the page turn speed from a fraction of a second to several seconds.
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01-21-2008, 10:40 AM | #5 |
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There is at least one more font, I use New Century Schoolbook, and it shows up correctly. In fact, I don't technically have that font on my computer, but if I assign it to the RTF I'm reading it gets displayed in that font on the device.
If anyone has a truly comprehensive list of the fonts the device supports directly, I'd love to see it. I only found out about New Century Schoolbook because someone on this forum mentioned it. Before I was using Times-Roman, which was the only serif font I could find that displayed on the device. |
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01-21-2008, 04:28 PM | #9 |
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couldn't wait till tonight lol
anyway, BD works great! figured out how to embed fonts, add photos, and format just how I like it in about 2mins and my new favorite font is Sylfaen (pretty close to TNR, but with subtle differences that I prefer) |
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Just don't use Comic Sans for reading. God, I hate that font. Teachers used that craptastic font on assignments when I was in high school all the time (they probably still do, too... the bastards). Every time I saw it I couldn't help but think it was such an unprofessional and annoying font to read assignments in. That's one font I'll likely never use in any of my ebooks. </rant>
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01-21-2008, 04:37 PM | #11 |
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Now I just need to figure out how to remove the BD credits
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01-21-2008, 04:44 PM | #12 |
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also, is Sylfaen
sil-fain' (methinks this one) sil-fay'-en sile'-fain ?? |
04-20-2008, 01:30 PM | #13 |
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I've been trying to embed some fonts recomended by people here but they seem to crash the reader i try to open the book and the 505 restarts as if i had shut it down.
Also the sony connect software crashes when trying to display the book. Any ideas? |
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04-20-2008, 08:36 PM | #15 |
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try this:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20644 You can made your own font using FontCreator or other programs. Just modify the 3 original font files. |
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