09-25-2013, 04:52 PM | #1 |
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A good font setting for reading novels on a Kobo Aura HD?
I am currently using the font Georgia, with smaller interline and margins. But I am willing to try something else. Do you have any (good) font setup to recommend for extended reading session of French novels on a Kobo Aura HD?
Serif, sans serif ? Size, sharpness, weight? Also, for reading scientific articles (with math formulas, algo, etc), what font settings could you recommend? Note: I don't like Kobo Nickel: it does look too round to me, and the serif are too big. |
09-25-2013, 06:02 PM | #2 | |
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However, fonts, spacing, margins, etc. are all very personal items. Regards, David |
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The DejaVu fonts have a good characters coverage, but are kind of bland to the eye, I feel. They are fine to me for short texts, but for extended reading they strain my eyes; they are to thin and always make me feel like I am reading a document in a word processor and not a book. |
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09-25-2013, 10:35 PM | #4 |
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This might interest you:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=222015 I haven't side loaded Charis SIL (yet), but I probably will some day. |
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09-26-2013, 04:22 AM | #6 |
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Thanks!
It looks like the font question is still a work in progress. Hopefully, it shouldn't be too much difficult to find a serie of good settings. |
09-26-2013, 05:49 AM | #7 |
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I really like Ubuntu and Deja Vu Serif. From the stock ones, Malabar looks quite nice when the light is on.
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Maybe I should start another poll and include the top side loaded fonts. I haven't had my Aura HD long enough yet to get totally settled with font selection. I'm currently using Amasis exclusively, but I haven't settled on font size yet. I also wish it was possible to set the font size numerically rather than an imprecise slider. |
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09-26-2013, 10:43 AM | #10 |
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Thanks, will check. Also, something that I should probably have noticed sooner, is that the font size selection appears to be specific to a single book. Is there a way to change the "default" font size? Or am I missing something?
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If you want to see, get rid of or change the settings for a book, my Kobo Utilities plugin for calibre will allow you to do this. Plus it allows you to set the font size in single steps. |
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09-27-2013, 06:29 PM | #14 |
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I haven't tried it yet, but I also prefer lighter fonts on the Aura HD, which is why I'm using Amasis. I'm going to try Charis SIL, but I doubt I'll prefer a customized version that is bolder.
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You might want to try the unmodified Charis SIL then or Deja Vu Serif. For me, these are the two fonts I've found have the best support for diacritical marks which are quite popular with some authors. I got tired of seeing names with boxes where some of characters should have been. Deja Vu also offers better support for the Greek alphabet than Charis SIL. Another font I've tried is the Merriweather font from Google Fonts. Quite readable for me but a lack of diacritical support. I've stuffed part of my font tester file into this message just to display what characters I've run into. Code:
The next lines display various diacriticals and some special characters. Macron Ā Ē Ḡ Ī Ō Ū Ȳ Ǣ Œ̄ ā ē ḡ ī ō ū ȳ ǣ œ̄ Breve Ă Ğ Ŭ ă ğ ŭ Grave À, È, Ì, Ò, Ù à è, ì, ò, ù Acute Á Ć É Í Ĺ Ń Ó Ŕ Ś Ú Ý Ź á ć é ģ í ĺ ń ó ŕ ś ú ý ź Circumflex  Ĉ Ê Ĝ Ĥ Î Ĵ Ô Ŝ Û Ŵ Ŷ â ĉ ê ĝ ĥ î ĵ ô ŝ û ŵ ŷ Tilde à Ĩ Ñ Õ Ũ ã ĩ ñ õ ũ Umlaut/Diæresis Ä, Ë, Ï, Ö, Ü, Ÿ ä, ë, ï, ö, ü, ÿ Dot Ċ Ė Ġ İ Ż ċ ė ġ ż Ring Å Ů å ů Cedilla Ç Ģ Ķ Ļ Ņ Ŗ Ş Ţ ç ķ ļ ņ ŗ ş ţ Caron Ǎ Č Ď Ě Ǐ Ľ Ň Ǒ Ř Š Ť Ǔ Ž ǎ č ď ě ǐ ľ ň ǒ ř š ť ǔ ž Thorn: Þ þ Eth: Ð ð Yogh: Ȝ ȝ Ezh: Ʒ ʒ ß ¿ ¡ ⅛ ¼ ⅓ ⅜ ½ ⅝ ⅔ ¾ ⅞ Æ æ Œ œ ᵫ ff fi fl ffi ffl ſt st Shīgū Tomanāk Sothōi Hŭrăka Zŭrăk Ǣtesk Œ̄tesk David |
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