Classic Unchangeable font in some books?

boydcarts · 08-22-2010, 03:25 PM

I read Margaret Atwood's novel "The Year of the Flood" yesterday and discovered that I wasn't able to change the font style. All the font choices were available to me (none were "grayed out"), and when I selected a font on the touchscreen, the screen would tell me it was changing the font, but it never changed fonts when the screen refreshed. The touch screen would display what ever font I had chosen, but the e-ink display was always "Light Classic."
I thought that perhaps the font was locked by the publisher, so I went back and checked "Oryx and Crake", and I was able to change font styles on that book. Has anyone else run across this?
(both great books by the way!)

curio · 08-22-2010, 04:41 PM

I assume it is a PDF -- it's not possible to change fonts in PDFs, only in ePUB-format books.

boydcarts · 08-22-2010, 06:48 PM

No, it's not a PDF. It's an ePub bought directly from B&N.

Doug Pardee · 08-22-2010, 07:30 PM

If an EPUB uses embedded fonts, those can't be changed. This is a very useful feature for EPUBs written in, say, Russian or Greek, because the NOOK doesn't have fonts for those languages. Some e-books choose to use this feature for English, and if they do the NOOK will use the embedded font.

boydcarts · 08-23-2010, 07:09 PM

I'd guess that is the correct answer. Odd that they did it though. Thanks Doug

08-22-2010, 03:25 PM	#1
boydcarts Connoisseur Posts: 85 Karma: 30 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Nook WiFi, iPad2	Unchangeable font in some books? I read Margaret Atwood's novel "The Year of the Flood" yesterday and discovered that I wasn't able to change the font style. All the font choices were available to me (none were "grayed out"), and when I selected a font on the touchscreen, the screen would tell me it was changing the font, but it never changed fonts when the screen refreshed. The touch screen would display what ever font I had chosen, but the e-ink display was always "Light Classic." I thought that perhaps the font was locked by the publisher, so I went back and checked "Oryx and Crake", and I was able to change font styles on that book. Has anyone else run across this? (both great books by the way!)

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08-22-2010, 04:41 PM	#2
curio Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 22 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Germany Device: nook Wi-Fi	I assume it is a PDF -- it's not possible to change fonts in PDFs, only in ePUB-format books.

08-22-2010, 06:48 PM	#3
boydcarts Connoisseur Posts: 85 Karma: 30 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Nook WiFi, iPad2	No, it's not a PDF. It's an ePub bought directly from B&N.

08-22-2010, 07:30 PM	#4
Doug Pardee Zealot Posts: 140 Karma: 106318 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: B&N NOOK 3G	If an EPUB uses embedded fonts, those can't be changed. This is a very useful feature for EPUBs written in, say, Russian or Greek, because the NOOK doesn't have fonts for those languages. Some e-books choose to use this feature for English, and if they do the NOOK will use the embedded font.

08-23-2010, 07:09 PM	#5
boydcarts Connoisseur Posts: 85 Karma: 30 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Nook WiFi, iPad2	I'd guess that is the correct answer. Odd that they did it though. Thanks Doug

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