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Serif_*.ttf: Used in the reader, that’s the font family your books will be rendered with.

Sans_BoldItalic.ttf: Used in the book list, for the collection names.

Sans_Italic.ttf: May be used alongside Sans_Regular or Sans_Bold somewhere ^^.

Sans_Bold.ttf: Used in the menus, in the top & bottom panel, and as the collection title when browsing a collection, and the inline text in the book & collection browsers (ie.

Sans_Regular.ttf: Used in the Settings & Experimental page for the explanation texts.

Just extract them, overwrite the files in the \fonts\ folder, and then restart your Kindle.īarring using the premade packs, you follow the advice of the Font Hack creator NiLuje in regard to naming conventions and what each font does: Charles has gathered up the most popular font packs, hosted them, and included samples of each font taken right from the Kindle so you can see exactly how they look before you go through the hassle of installing them. To that end, a really great resource is this Font Files and Samples site put together by Charles Reace. The easiest way to edit the book fonts is to grab pre-made packs compiled by MobileRead users.

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If you delete them or swap them out with incompatible files, you risk making your Kindle unusable until you do some manual editing/swapping/rebooting to undo your mistake.

We strongly advise against messing with any fonts except for the following: When you look in the \linkfonts\fonts\ folder you’ll see dozens of fonts. Before you rush to do that, however, we have some guidelines and resources to share in order to make your font tinkering headache free.įirst, there are some rules regarding which fonts you can swap out and how you have to name them. If you’re looking to mix it up with something more distinct, you can do so by swapping out the fonts in the \linkfonts\fonts\ folder. The fonts included in the font pack are intended to subtly improve the default Kindle fonts. Changing the Hacked Fontsīy default, the font changes aren’t super dramatic. Note: If you end up not liking the results you get from the Font Hack and want to return the the Amazon defaults, just repeat the steps above using the *uninstall.bin file. You can confirm the hack either by mounting your Kindle and looking for the \linkfonts\ directly in the root or by just turning the Kindle back on and checking to see if the main menu fonts are different (don’t feel bad if you end up checking for the directory anyway, the first time we applied the hack we found ourselves second guessing if the fonts were really different). When your Kindle restarts, the hack will be applied.

Kindle previewer special fonts not trnaslating update#

Your Kindle will go through the update process which can take anywhere from 30 seconds to 10 minutes. The Kindle will confirm that you do indeed want to apply the update.

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To install the update, navigate to the update menu by pressing Menu Button –> Settings-> Menu Button –> Update Your Kindle.

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While it only takes a few minutes, we strongly suggest having a full battery or plugging your Kindle into a wall charger before proceeding (we’ve had mixed results using the computer as a charging source during updating, so we advise against it). Once you’ve copied the file and ejected the Kindle, it’s time to install the update. Once mounted, copy the appropriate BIN file over to the root directory of your Kindle. Plug your Kindle into your computer via the sync cable. In our case it’s the update_fonts_5.0.N_k3g_install.bin Within the resulting folder you’ll see a BIN file that corresponds to your Kindle device. Download the appropriate pack for your device, download it, and extract it.

In our case, we’re using the Kindle 3 3G (K3G) so we’re grabbing the K3 Pack.