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iosfonts.com

29 points·mcritz··12 comments

One of my original hesitations about the iPad (especially) was that I couldn't install custom fonts for reading books. It's good to see they've included a range of elegant fonts (though I'd still like the option to add more!)

In the latest iPad firmware, WebKit supports TrueType web fonts (http://blog.typekit.com/2010/11/23/ios-4-2-improves-support-...).

I think that makes it feasible to write an ePub reader that renders to WebKit, and does support WebFonts (or does iBooks support that already in the new firmware?) That is not quite 'install custom fonts,', but it would be good enough for some use cases.

Papyrus

/shudders

Nonetheless, there is thanks to be had for the exclusion of MS Comic Sans.

Chalkboard[1] is equally bad (good?), and is included.

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalkboard_(typeface)

Marker Felt.

Yeah. Someone also thought, “Party LET is a fine font.”

It gives the option for Grandmothers to print “Let’s Party” flyers in an appropriate font.

Still, it’s disgustingly tacky.

I find it a bit odd that all of them bar a couple like Papyrus come out as Times New Roman on Windows. Even Trebuchet MS which is supposed to be an MS font.

It's just down to naming and the fact that TrebuchetMS != Trebuchet MS.

Would be nice to see the fonts rendered

Take a look at the page with an ipad.

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