The Xteink on the left shows the stock Crosspoint font
(in regular and bold); the one on the right shows one of my
semi-bold fonts.
I already wrote about my
neat new tiny Xteink X4 E-book reader,
which I flashed to the open source firmware Crosspoint.
I found Crosspoint's only preinstalled font, Noto, too thin and spidery
for easy reading.
But getting new fonts turned out to be a little complicated.
You can find some pre-built .cpfont files (the format Crosspoint
understands) in
crosspointreader.com/fonts,
and some more in
Crosspoint
font releases. No previews, and I couldn't find any way to
download everything (short of cloning the whole repository and then checking
out the appropriate release SHA) so you have to just guess at
which font face names might fit your needs,
and then download files one at a time for each face and size you want to try.
I got my husband an Xteink X4 Classic e-reader for his birthday
after reading Hollie's
comments on the X4. After seeing it, I immediately ordered one
for myself.
First impression: it's startlingly small, thin and light.
Even after seeing photos, I wasn't prepared for this butterfly-weight
device. You could carry it everywhere and never notice. And yet the
e-ink screen is crisp and clear: despite its tiny size,
it's completely fine for reading books. And it's so easy to hold in
one hand.
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