Some freely available high quality fonts to use with the Cybook

IceHand · 11-04-2007, 10:23 AM

For those of you who want more of a choice which font to use. I haven't tested these fonts with the Cybook as I don't have one yet, but I know that they are of high quality and the Cybook's DPI should be high enough to render them nicely:

URW fonts (especially Garamond No8 and URW Palladio [Palatino clone])
Bitstream Vera family (also suited for low resolutions)

rjnagle · 11-04-2007, 08:47 PM

This is an important issue. I as a book creator need to have an idea what files are typical on a Bookeen. Perhaps mobileread can put together a package zip of free fonts containing a good variety of fonts for general use. It's doubtful that people are going to want to download individual fonts depending on the book.

kovidgoyal · 11-04-2007, 10:27 PM

I'd recommend the liberation fonts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_fonts

mbovenka · 11-08-2007, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

I'd recommend the liberation fonts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_fonts

They work fine; I'm now using Liberation Sans, which is slightly thinner than the standard Verdana. I find sans serif fonts somewhat easier on the eyes on the Cybook than serif ones, but YMMV.

I did need to delete the font cache (system/font-cache-1 or something close to that) for the new fonts to show up, though. But again, YMMV; installing another font worked fine without doing that.

jbenny · 11-09-2007, 03:04 PM

I just found this:

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007...sional-design/

IceHand · 11-10-2007, 03:24 PM

Nice find, jbenny! Gentium, Cardo and Day Roman look very usable to me, I still prefer Garamond No8 though.

Here's another nice one (without an italic version though): Vollkorn
Does the Cybook support OpenType?

And: Linux Libertine

As soon as I have a Cybook (next month) I'll do some testing with various fonts.

jbenny · 11-10-2007, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IceHand

Nice find, jbenny! Gentium, Cardo and Day Roman look very usable to me, I still prefer Garamond No8 though.

Here's another nice one (without an italic version though): Vollkorn
Does the Cybook support OpenType?

And: Linux Libertine

As soon as I have a Cybook (next month) I'll do some testing with various fonts.

Some folks here have said that they used TrueType fonts. Someone with a Cybook will have to try OpenType and report back. Again, if the Cybook is going to support epub, they will have to support OpenType.

mbovenka · 11-10-2007, 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbenny

Some folks here have said that they used TrueType fonts. Someone with a Cybook will have to try OpenType and report back.

OpenType fonts work fine. I have installed a number of them, and they all work.

wallcraft · 11-10-2007, 07:58 PM

The DejaVu fonts are based on the Bitstream Vera Fonts, but covers a larger number of languages. Its Unicode coverage is still far from complete though, Wikipedia: Unicode typefaces says that DejaVu has about 5,000 characters compared to about 39,000 in Arial Unicode MS.

IceHand · 03-15-2008, 01:58 PM

A very good alternative to Times: Lido STF (free for personal use, registration required)
Unfortunately, the line spacing on the Cybook is a bit too narrow for my taste with this font. Maybe this will be adjustable in the future.

EDIT: It is, kind of: How to change the line spacing of a font

11-04-2007, 10:23 AM	#1
IceHand Linux User Posts: 323 Karma: 13682 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany Device: Kindle 3	Some freely available high quality fonts to use with the Cybook For those of you who want more of a choice which font to use. I haven't tested these fonts with the Cybook as I don't have one yet, but I know that they are of high quality and the Cybook's DPI should be high enough to render them nicely: URW fonts (especially Garamond No8 and URW Palladio [Palatino clone]) Bitstream Vera family (also suited for low resolutions) Last edited by IceHand; 11-10-2007 at 03:33 PM.

11-10-2007, 03:24 PM	#6
IceHand Linux User Posts: 323 Karma: 13682 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany Device: Kindle 3	Nice find, jbenny! Gentium, Cardo and Day Roman look very usable to me, I still prefer Garamond No8 though. Here's another nice one (without an italic version though): Vollkorn Does the Cybook support OpenType? And: Linux Libertine As soon as I have a Cybook (next month) I'll do some testing with various fonts. Last edited by IceHand; 11-10-2007 at 03:27 PM.

03-15-2008, 01:58 PM	#10
IceHand Linux User Posts: 323 Karma: 13682 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany Device: Kindle 3	A very good alternative to Times: Lido STF (free for personal use, registration required) Unfortunately, the line spacing on the Cybook is a bit too narrow for my taste with this font. Maybe this will be adjustable in the future. EDIT: It is, kind of: How to change the line spacing of a font Last edited by IceHand; 07-29-2008 at 06:31 AM.

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rjnagle Zealot Posts: 126 Karma: 2167 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Device: ipad 1, Nook Simple Touch, Kindle 3, ebookwise 1150	This is an important issue. I as a book creator need to have an idea what files are typical on a Bookeen. Perhaps mobileread can put together a package zip of free fonts containing a good variety of fonts for general use. It's doubtful that people are going to want to download individual fonts depending on the book.

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,160 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I'd recommend the liberation fonts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_fonts

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jbenny Addict Posts: 323 Karma: 358 Join Date: May 2007 Device: Tablet PC and Nokia N800	I just found this: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007...sional-design/

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wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	The DejaVu fonts are based on the Bitstream Vera Fonts, but covers a larger number of languages. Its Unicode coverage is still far from complete though, Wikipedia: Unicode typefaces says that DejaVu has about 5,000 characters compared to about 39,000 in Arial Unicode MS.

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