![]() Will the novelty wear off? I’m just amazed at how I’ve previously taken typefaces for granted. I use tight line spacing and a larger spacing may help you even more. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas so you can see what the font looks like in a block. I’ll leave you with the first page of Hunter S. It has all kinds of handy features from adding metadata, converting to other formats and if you install some third party plug-ins you can even. I hear it also helps to install all typefaces available i.e.: Fontname-Regular.otf Fontname-Italic.otf Fontname-Bold.otf Fontname-BoldItalic.otf (.otf or.ttf will work) Needless to say, before you attempt to tamper with any e-reader you should really back it up. That should restore the kindle to normal. Mostly I’m hearing it doesn’t work on the newer Kindles although if you do get the ‘Please Repair’ message, all you need to do is remove the unspecified file and font folder and restart then the device. I’m using firmwear 5.3.6 on my original Kindle Paperwhite and have no idea if this modification can be made to work on the new Kindle Paperwhite 2. I’m wondering why this kind of typeface design is not installed as standard on all e-readers. I really can keep my concentration and read for much longer than with the standard fonts. Open Dyslexic fonts listed Reading Open Dyslexic on the Kindle is a revelation for me. Mine actually took a couple of restarts as I’d forgotten to eject the Kindle from my Mac but after restarting I opened a book, tapped the ‘Aa’ icon on the top left and there were my new fonts. The font folder after adding fonts 5] After you have added your fonts, disconnect your Kindle and then make sure you restart it from the menu. ![]() I used Open Dyslexic but any fonts will work if they are named in the standard format. 4] Drop your TTF or OTF fonts into the folder. The root folder after adding the unspecified file and fonts folder. (I created a text file and removed the.rtf from the end.) 3] Create a new folder on the Paperwhite called ‘fonts’. 2] Create a file called USE_ALT_FONTS and drop it onto the Kindle’s root directory. Adding custom fonts to your Kindle Paperwhite 1] Connect your Kindle Paperwhite to your computer via ‘USB Drive Mode’. After googling a few different Kindle hacking sites I found this simple system that requires no real hacking or jailbreaking of your device.Īs far as I know this only works with the original running firmware 5.3.1 and above. I was genuinely impressed and really wanted to get the font onto my Kindle Paperwhite for further testing. I was reading faster and longer than ever before. I’ve never been diagnosed with dyslexia of any kind but after a few minutes reading the Open Dyslexic font though, I felt a marked improvement with my ability to scan and follow text. Especially numbers I then have to input into a keypad. You can download it from I find reading numbers to be my main issue. Mac OS X Speciality level out of ten: 0 10:01 AM in response to wdwpartners In response to wdwpartners It would help to know which OS you are running as the answer will be different if it's Lion or the previous OS's. ![]() Recently I stumbled on the amazing free and open source dyslexia typeface called ‘Open Dyslexic’. That said, I take no responsibility for what may happen to your device in the unlikely event anything goes wrong. This is not a hack and does not require you to jailbreak your Kindle. DISCLAIMER: This is a simple procedure of dragging and dropping files to your origional Kindle Paperwhite while in USB mode.
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