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Looks like they changed the KFX renderer or something.
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I'm not sure if this is somehow an instance of the problem you're describing, but it doesn't seem like it. Here's what I've found, with the book I initially was having problems with as a starting point:
Based on that experience, I decided to list all the books on my device by extension, and tried opening them all (which really is what I should have done in the first place):
So it seems like, unless this never worked with KFX at all, which I doubt - someone would have said something long ago - Amazon changed how KFX is rendered somehow. What remains unconfirmed is with which firmware this change was introduced, and whether the hack could be modified to work with KFX. For now, it might be prudent to add a warning to the OP that this doesn't work anymore with KFX on, at least, firmware levels 5.8.8+, and telling people that if they would like the hack to work with most of the newest retail books, they should download them as AZW3 via the 'Manage Your Content and Devices' interface. (I guess they could also download them via Kindle for PC 1.17 and DeDRM but somehow I don't think you want this to be 'official' advice.) |
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It has been a long time since I spoke with Alex about this subject, but I can't think of any reason things might have changed.
The official position is to not take a position. Translation: You are correct. Discussions of problems associated with DRM are alright, it is in the site guidelines and policy statements as such. Suggestions, advice, recommendations, whatever word you choose could be considered "taking a position". And just having a site-wide disclaimer that what members write is not a statement of the site's position does not work in all countries (Alex specifically mentioned that they had problems with that in the early days of Mobileread). So "advice" to avoid or to use a specific format would have to be a decision left up to the reader, not the author (or the site). Last edited by knc1; 05-12-2017 at 12:23 AM. |
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05-12-2017, 07:32 PM | #483 |
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Yup, makes perfect sense. Separate from the DRM issue though, can we at least alert NiLuJe to the situation and ask him to put a disclaimer about this hack apparently not working with KFX on 5.8.8+? I mean I guess people could read the thread but I feel like a lot of potential frustration can be avoided if people understood exactly what expected behavior is. (In fact, mentioning K4PC and DeDRMing was kind of an afterthought to all this.)
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The other choice is to have a forum moderator make the change in his post. Uh... But wait, that is also NiLuJe (the others listed are either presumed dead or just gone). |
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10-13-2017, 08:47 PM | #485 |
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If anybody else was curious : the new bold-ing feature of firmware 5.8.11 doesn't work for fonts overridden via this Fonts hack. Even if you override one built-in font with another built-in font.
Blah, since I'm using modified Bookerly (reduced line-height / row spacing) and the new feature is not working I might as well downgrade back to firmware 5.6.5 ... |
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@knc1: I always install and use the (latest? ) version from snapshots thread. So, it's kindle-linkfonts-0.13.N-r13420.tar.xz (from 2016-Aug-28 23:54:33)
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10-28-2017, 01:13 PM | #490 |
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UI font size
Kindle paperwhite v1 fw 5.6.1.1
Can the font size of the books on the main page be increased? I know someone that needs the normal fonts to be max sized to read, and she can't read the book titles well at all. I can help her time to time, but it'd be nice to be able to enlarge the titles and leave her permanently good to go. I read the whole thread and I know at 381, they talked about making the UI font smaller to have more books included and said it wouldn't display more books. I was wondering if larger would cause as much trouble. Ideally, I think she'd like the home page to show maybe 5 books. |
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You posted in the font hack thread so I assume you are jail breaking.
I've made my home page font a little bigger and bolder by overriding I believe either Futura or Helvetica with a font I tweaked to be 115% larger and 120% more weight. I still have the same number of lines of books (no way to change that as far as I know), but they're a bit easier to read. Be aware that this affects other areas and if you mess up you can soft brick or boot loop your kindle. Test the font out by first overriding a safer font like Baskerville. Alternatively you can have her try using cover mode, although it's often hard to tell what the book is from the little thumbnail. |
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Thank you Barty. That sounds like it'd be a good solution, even if you make it sound a little scary. I have my kindle jailbroke and the font hack is working already. I will try to mess with it and see if I can figure out how to adjust the size of the fonts. I know others have done it, its just a matter of playing with it. I got used to the older hack wherein you could easily change what the various font sizes resulted in, as well as changing the definition of wide and narrow margins. I dislike so much white space. I'm very much a fan of the small fonts and tight lines/margins.
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I find that only in FW>=5.4.x default fallback font could be changed with Font Override.
I am using Kindle Touch with FW=5.3.x and the built-in browser displays Chinese with a very weird font. Is there any method to simply replace the fallback font(code2000.ttf) with my own font? |
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@johnleo: I honestly don't remember, but I can confirm that it behaves differently.
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I just took possession of my wife's unused PW1. I downgraded, jailbroke it, installed KUAL, Python and the screensavers hack, then updated back to 5.6.1.1.
Now I'm looking to add some fonts. After taking two days to completely read through this thread, I'm thinking maybe I should just downgrade again to the 5.3.x firmware so I can see the added fonts in the Aa menu. I saw a comment about losing pop-up functionality if I do that, but I'm not entirely sure what that means. So, would anyone mind explaining the pros/cons of downgrading? Also, would I still use this font hack, or would I need an older and/or different hack? |
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