Trouble with custom fonts

swellanddecay · 12-03-2017, 08:51 PM

Hey all

Trying to get the Dyslexie font to work on my PW1 kindle and am running into trouble. I've jailbroken, installed KUAL, updated the python, installed the font hack , but am having no luck.

I've downloaded the .ttf font file I want, and put it into the linkfonts/fonts folder, but when I Update fontconfig cache through KUAL the new font never shows up under the menu. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? The whole point of me jailbreaking was to get custom fonts, and this seems to be turning into a can of worms.

Any help is much appreciated!

NiLuJe · 12-03-2017, 10:41 PM

You need to run "Font Overrides" > "Populate this menu" for it to pop up in said menu, too

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swellanddecay · 12-03-2017, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

You need to run "Font Overrides" > "Populate this menu" for it to pop up in said menu, too

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Hm, just tried that and not seeing the new font either. Any other ideas?

knc1 · 12-04-2017, 08:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swellanddecay

Hm, just tried that and not seeing the new font either. Any other ideas?

restart the device

swellanddecay · 12-04-2017, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by knc1

restart the device

Tried that, and now the font's working, but is being selected for Caecilia, Helvetica, and Caecilia Condensed (being that when I select those fonts, I get Dyslexie instead of the labelled font). I guess that's functional, but now I've lost half of my fonts to gain one new font, and the new font's still not showing as its own option under the fonts list

I was messing around with the options, and playing with I think font overrides. Maybe that's what's causing this? Anyway to reset settings and get this new font to show up in the menu?

NiLuJe · 12-04-2017, 11:07 AM

Because someone just reminded me of something in the fonts hack, which FW version are you running?

But yes, you definitely set a few too many font overrides to experience such behavior

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There's a "Default" button for each family to restore the default behavior.

swellanddecay · 12-04-2017, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

Because someone just reminded me of something in the fonts hack, which FW version are you running?

But yes, you definitely set a few too many font overrides to experience such behavior

.
There's a "Default" button for each family to restore the default behavior.

Does FW stand for firmware? I'm on 5.6.1.1, which is the most up to date version that can run on the PW1

12-03-2017, 08:51 PM	#1
swellanddecay Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2017 Device: Kindle PW1	Trouble with custom fonts Hey all Trying to get the Dyslexie font to work on my PW1 kindle and am running into trouble. I've jailbroken, installed KUAL, updated the python, installed the font hack , but am having no luck. I've downloaded the .ttf font file I want, and put it into the linkfonts/fonts folder, but when I Update fontconfig cache through KUAL the new font never shows up under the menu. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? The whole point of me jailbreaking was to get custom fonts, and this seems to be turning into a can of worms. Any help is much appreciated!

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12-03-2017, 10:41 PM	#2
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012492 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	You need to run "Font Overrides" > "Populate this menu" for it to pop up in said menu, too .

12-04-2017, 11:07 AM	#6
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012492 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Because someone just reminded me of something in the fonts hack, which FW version are you running? But yes, you definitely set a few too many font overrides to experience such behavior . There's a "Default" button for each family to restore the default behavior.

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