The kindle is a cheap device to buy, because of its extreme simplicity. The kindle comes with what is an attractive and easy to read font, and the manufacturer doesn't want the kindle to get a bad reputation by allowing users to set up fonts which look less attractive, or which might be harder to read within the limitations of the kindle's hardware. I only have an older kindle, admittedly, but the design philosophy is clearly to deprive the user of the ability to select a font. With no user option to choose a different font, you can only change the font size on the kindle, but not the font itself. mobi file from your computer to a kindle, the kindle will probably only have one choice of font, a default that can't be altered. epub file specifies (in effect, the specified font is simply treated as the default setting, hence you can impose a different font in your reader program).īut if you transfer the.

Mobipocket Reader v6.02) will let you apply any font that is currently installed on your computer to the. mobi reader program on your computer (e.g.

So you get stuck with whatever default font the conversion program has specified in the conversion process. mobi, with any program including Calibre, it's then almost impossible to edit the resulting. epub, including the fonts:īut if you convert the file from. epub file, there is an editor program in the Calibre suite which can change anything in the.

Calibre font family