Thursday’s news about Amazon’s new font, Ember, inspired me to go find instructions on how to install it on an ereader.
A bit of history on the font Bookerly-it is a serif typeface as an exclusive font for reading on Kindle devices. Amazon.com asserts that the font helps the user read faster with less eyestrain. If you use an e-paper Kindle, good news. The Bookerly update-not only does it introduce a highly readable new font designed for the Kindle from scratch.
While you can’t install custom fonts on a Kindle or a Fire tablet without hacking them, it’s relatively easy to install fonts on Kobo ereaders.
Sidenote: Did you know you can embed a font in a Kindle KF8 file? The short version is that you need to make an Epub file with the embedded font, and then use Kindle Previewer to convert that Epub file to a Kindle ebook.
The above Epub trick also works to get a font on to a Kobo device, if you like. But embedding a font in an ebook is a hassle, and fortunately we don’t have to bother with that step to load a font on to a Kobo ereader.
The process could not be simpler.
If you’re looking for fonts, I have posted a copy of the Bookerly and Ember fonts (with Amazon’s indifference, if not outright permission). You can also find additional fonts over at MobileRead (where I found the instructions).
Amazon Ember Font
Once you have installed the fonts, you should be able to select them from the font (Aa) menu from inside an ebook. How to do the moonwalk step by step video download.
Here are a few screenshots of fonts I tested this evening:
Of the four, I think I like Bookerly the most. The Kobo Nickel font wastes too much space, and I am ambivalent to Ember and Roboto.
Amazon Ember Bold Font Download
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Amazon Ember Display Font
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