PRS-350 PRS-350 only partially displays embedded font

[baliantas]

Hello,

I've created an epub in Sigil (0.4.2) where I use an embedded font. This works just fine in ADE (and in Sigil 'Book View'), but on my PRS-350 (running PRS+ 2.0.14), the headers (h1 tags) are shown in the default font.

The css:

@font-face {
font-family : "Fontin";
font-weight : normal;
font-style : normal;
src : url(../Fonts/Fontin.ttf);
}

h1 {
font-family : "Fontin", serif;
font-size : 2.55em;
color : #36292c;
text-align : center;
}

p {
font-size : 0.75em;
}

.fntn {
font-family : "Fontin", serif;
font-size : 1.55em;
text-align : center;
}

Relevant html code:

  <h1>Test header</h1>
 <p class="fntn">Test sub</p>

Could anyone enlighten me on what's going on here? Thanks...

[jackie_w]

I tried your epub on my PRS650. Both headings are displayed in Fontin and the main body text is displayed in the Sony default serif font. See attached screencap.

I'm not sure what your goal is, but if you're using PRSPlus you wouldn't normally need to fully embed any fonts. Usually you'd

• create a /fonts directory on your PRS350 and copy in all the font files you might want to use
• create one or more css files which reference the fonts in that directory. You then select one of them via PRS+ Settings - Book Viewer - User EPUB Style (CSS File)

All epubs will then use that css file until you select a different css file.

If you are going to fully embed the fonts inside the epub then you should probably choose the 'Disabled' option from the above PRSPlus menu.

[baliantas]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

If you are going to fully embed the fonts inside the epub then you should probably choose the 'Disabled' option from the above PRSPlus menu.

Not fully; I would leave the main text as is. Just for the headers, I wanted to override the Sony/Prs+ defaults.

I just had a go and disabled the Prs+ font override. And to my surprise, the headers are now displayed as defined in the css (=with the embedded font)!

Very strange...

Note: I agree you can load fonts on the reader instead of embedding, but it would be nice to at least be able to embed the more exotic fonts...

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by baliantas

I just had a go and disabled the Prs+ font override. And to my surprise, the headers are now displayed as defined in the css (=with the embedded font)!

Do I understand correctly? You disabled the PRS+ font CSS you created to override the fonts in the ePub books you read on your 350. Now that the PRS+ font override CSS is disabled the embedded fonts in your ePub work on your 350 as expected. And you're surprised?

Originally Posted by baliantas

Very strange...

You obviously have more experience than I do. Wallowing in my own ignorance, none of this seems either surprising or strange. I am curious, why do you find this "very strange"?

[Ripplinger]

What dwanthny said. One of PRS+'s many purposes is to override the existing fonts used. It sounds like it's doing a beautiful job of it.

If you want a custom font but only to replace the default font, but still leave any embedded font the .epub calls for, delete the term "!important" from your .css file and see if it doesn't make you happier and work the way you want it.

Most people however want their own preferred font even over the exotic fonts an epub might have embedded, so that's why we use PRS+. It's easier on our eyes, especially when reading for longer periods.

[baliantas]

Originally Posted by dwanthny

Do I understand correctly? You disabled the PRS+ font CSS you created to override the fonts in the ePub books you read on your 350. Now that the PRS+ font override CSS is disabled the embedded fonts in your ePub work on your 350 as expected. And you're surprised?



You obviously have more experience than I do. Wallowing in my own ignorance, none of this seems either surprising or strange. I am curious, why do you find this "very strange"?

I've found the culprit: I had some css files on my Sony that I put there when I installed another custom firmware (probably Boroda). And it was these files that I inspected for some h1 override font. There was nothing there. (Hence my surprise: I specified a custom font in the epub ccs, and it simply ignored it...)
But obviously, Prs+ takes its css files from another folder. And there I found a "font-family" item for all h1 headers.

I'm quite happy that this is solved!

[baliantas]

Originally Posted by Ripplinger

...
Most people however want their own preferred font even over the exotic fonts an epub might have embedded, so that's why we use PRS+. It's easier on our eyes, especially when reading for longer periods.

I do too, as far as the main text is concerned. But sometimes specific fonts are used for titles, quotes, footnotes etc.

An example: I have an epub of "Art History for Dummies". The main text is in a font I don't like (Cheltenham), so I did an override and used Fontin instead.
However, the image captions use Univers. This font is better suited for its purpose than Fontin, so I want to keep the embedded font.

So in some cases, a mix of embedded + custom fonts is what I want.

I'm a very demanding person...

I hope this clarifies (a bit) my original question/difficulty. Thanks for the reply!