Adapting fonts for E-Ink

I previously posted about problems in rendering fonts for E-Ink. The biggest problem, in my opinion, is the weighting of the font for better legibility. Thus even if a font is readily available, it might need some adaptation to work with an E-Ink display. A good option is to first adapt your selected font for E-Ink through 'FontForge' (an open source font editor). I found increasing a font's weight by an increment of ten works best.

If you are looking for a repository of open access fonts then Google Fonts is the best option. The Font Library, The League of Movable Type and Font Squirrel are other useful repositories. Below is a selection of fonts that I prefer:

1. Linux Libertine
2. Libre Baskerville
3. Vollkorn 
4. Volkhov
5. Literata
6. Merriweather 
7. League Spartan
8. Droid Serif

It is possible to Sideload fonts with Kobo and Android e-readers. With the Kindle, however, it is more difficult and requires the use of Calibre (an e-book management software).