Problems adding fonts on KT

VirgoGirl · 04-14-2012, 09:23 AM

Hi!

I just discovered that you can add your own fonts to the KT. I read the instructions on the KT and here on the forum, but I cannot get the fonts to show up.

I added a folder called "fonts" (lower case "f") in the .kobo subfolder, dragged my fonts into it (Arial, Bookman Old Style, Century Gothic, Comic Sans, Corbel, Maiandra GD, Palitino (sp?), and Verdana). I ejected the reader, powered it off (not sleep mode!), powered it back on and checked the font selection in both a sideloaded epub and a kpub. Nothing showed up.

When I dragged the fonts over, they "exploded" into individual font files, not the "collection" file that shoes up in my laptop fonts folder.

I'm running firmware .16.

Thank you for any help!

Update: Problem solved! I watched http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU7JpaKlyMc and did it exactly as he showed and now it works!

keepsake · 04-15-2012, 08:41 AM

Just as a general note, the Kobo Touch doesn't seem to support .ttc files. It supports only individual .ttf files. I had to extract one of my .ttc files into .ttf to get it to recognize the font.

Geco · 04-16-2012, 12:12 PM

the fonts directory should be in the root, not in the .kobo...
I've asked this guy http://atouchofkobo.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/260/ to do that test for me... it worked perfectly, and now wife and I are reading Japanese ebooks with bo problem at all.

04-14-2012, 09:23 AM	#1
VirgoGirl "Why is it doing that?" Posts: 322 Karma: 725344 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Black Kobo Touch & Glo, responsible for 2 PaperWhites	Problems adding fonts on KT Hi! I just discovered that you can add your own fonts to the KT. I read the instructions on the KT and here on the forum, but I cannot get the fonts to show up. I added a folder called "fonts" (lower case "f") in the .kobo subfolder, dragged my fonts into it (Arial, Bookman Old Style, Century Gothic, Comic Sans, Corbel, Maiandra GD, Palitino (sp?), and Verdana). I ejected the reader, powered it off (not sleep mode!), powered it back on and checked the font selection in both a sideloaded epub and a kpub. Nothing showed up. When I dragged the fonts over, they "exploded" into individual font files, not the "collection" file that shoes up in my laptop fonts folder. I'm running firmware .16. Thank you for any help! Update: Problem solved! I watched http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU7JpaKlyMc and did it exactly as he showed and now it works! Last edited by VirgoGirl; 04-14-2012 at 09:34 AM.

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04-15-2012, 08:41 AM	#2
keepsake Member Posts: 13 Karma: 12048 Join Date: Mar 2012 Device: Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	Just as a general note, the Kobo Touch doesn't seem to support .ttc files. It supports only individual .ttf files. I had to extract one of my .ttc files into .ttf to get it to recognize the font.

04-16-2012, 12:12 PM	#3
Geco Zealot Posts: 112 Karma: 100 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: Touch, Aura	the fonts directory should be in the root, not in the .kobo... I've asked this guy http://atouchofkobo.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/260/ to do that test for me... it worked perfectly, and now wife and I are reading Japanese ebooks with bo problem at all.

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