# Libron — a new font for ebook devices **URL:** \ **Category:** Other Software & Development\ **Created:** [October 3, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/libron-a-new-font-for-ebook-devices/154828 "2026-10-03T13:35:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nontroppo](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/nontroppo/32/15746_2.png) [@nontroppo](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/nontroppo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/libron-a-new-font-for-ebook-devices/154828/1 "2026-10-03T13:35:08Z")
For anyone who uses Ebook readers, desktop fonts don’t always work well. I just came across a modified font called Libron. I use the awesome KOReader\[1\] on a Kobo and it works well (though I will stick to my long-term partner Dolly Pro): ![](https://github.com/nicoverbruggen/libron/raw/main/specimen.svg) > **[GitHub - nicoverbruggen/libron: A manually tuned font revision of Readerly, with...](https://github.com/nicoverbruggen/libron)** > > A manually tuned font revision of Readerly, with reduced and altered serifs, optimized for digital reading and e-readers. OFL licensed. The author also makes a nice ebook font previewer page: > **[eBook Fonts Showcase](https://ebook-fonts.nicoverbruggen.be)** > > Browse and preview fonts from the ebook-fonts collection. Adjust size, line height, dark mode, and more. * * * 1. [https://koreader.rocks](https://koreader.rocks) ---
**Author:** ![November\_Sierra](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/november_sierra/32/41086_2.png) [@November\_Sierra](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/November_Sierra)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/libron-a-new-font-for-ebook-devices/154828/2 "2026-10-03T16:26:56Z")
Did it also show up in your YouTube feed one or two days ago? 👀 Funny coincidence otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![eliamartin65](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/eliamartin65/32/38876_2.png) [@eliamartin65](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/eliamartin65)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/libron-a-new-font-for-ebook-devices/154828/3 "2026-10-03T19:25:06Z")
I wonder if it’ll be available on Google Fonts as well. ---
**Author:** ![AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/amberv/32/13021_2.png) [@AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/AmberV)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/libron-a-new-font-for-ebook-devices/154828/4 "2026-10-03T20:11:04Z")
This works well on Boox. I’ll give it a try for a bit! I do like it on first glance. I don’t myself have issues with “normal” fonts on modern high resolution eInk displays, it’s really not that far off from paper save for the contrast. ---
**Author:** ![nontroppo](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/nontroppo/32/15746_2.png) [@nontroppo](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/nontroppo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/libron-a-new-font-for-ebook-devices/154828/5 "2026-10-06T01:40:00Z")
> [@November\_Sierra](#): > > Did it also show up in your YouTube feed one or two days ago? 👀 Funny coincidence otherwise. Yes, the wonderfully nerdy video on YouTube was what alerted me to Libron… > [@eliamartin65](#): > > I wonder if it’ll be available on Google Fonts as well. Out of curiosity, what are the advantages of having a font on Google fonts? It doesn’t seem to help for installation other than web pages? And in at least some cases the Google fonts version is older / out of date… ---
**Author:** ![eliamartin65](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/eliamartin65/32/38876_2.png) [@eliamartin65](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/eliamartin65)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 11:05am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/libron-a-new-font-for-ebook-devices/154828/6 "2026-10-07T11:05:09Z")
> [@nontroppo](#): > > Out of curiosity, what are the advantages of having a font on Google fonts? It doesn’t seem to help for installation other than web pages? And in at least some cases the Google fonts version is older / out of date… Google Fonts makes it easier to install them too. ---
**Author:** ![November\_Sierra](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/november_sierra/32/41086_2.png) [@November\_Sierra](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/November_Sierra)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/libron-a-new-font-for-ebook-devices/154828/7 "2026-10-07T12:10:45Z")
How? Please elaborate. ---
**Author:** ![eliamartin65](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/eliamartin65/32/38876_2.png) [@eliamartin65](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/eliamartin65)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/libron-a-new-font-for-ebook-devices/154828/8 "2026-10-07T12:12:21Z")
It bundles the fonts in a ZIP you can extract and open in your font manager. But that may just be me finding GitHub hard for anything else other than installer files. ---
**Author:** ![November\_Sierra](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/november_sierra/32/41086_2.png) [@November\_Sierra](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/November_Sierra)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/libron-a-new-font-for-ebook-devices/154828/9 "2026-10-07T12:37:20Z")
Oh, I see what you mean. I’m mainly using it for discovering new fonts, but take the cumbersome route to download them (for the reason nontroppo mentioned). ---
**Author:** ![AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/amberv/32/13021_2.png) [@AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/AmberV)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/libron-a-new-font-for-ebook-devices/154828/10 "2026-10-07T12:53:16Z")
For GitHub, if someone links you to the main page that explains the project, then click the Releases link in the sidebar (or just add [`/releases` to the end of the URL](https://github.com/nicoverbruggen/libron/releases)). There you will find a “Libron.zip” download. More rarely a project will not have a release listing page, but that’s usually because the “code” itself is something you can download as a zip, i.e. if just the font files are in the repo you just grab that direct via the big green “Code” button, and “Download as Zip”). Since this is an open source font, hopefully in a while I’ll be able to type into a shell window: ```nohighlight apt install fonts-libron ``` Which is of course by far the easiest way to install fonts. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![November\_Sierra](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/november_sierra/32/41086_2.png) [@November\_Sierra](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/November_Sierra)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/libron-a-new-font-for-ebook-devices/154828/11 "2026-10-07T12:58:49Z")
It’s still stupid that Google doesn’t let you choose “the latest” at your own risk (I understand why this can’t be the default for a CDN). Most people have no idea that they’re basically downloading a time capsule. ---
**Author:** ![AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/amberv/32/13021_2.png) [@AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/AmberV)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/libron-a-new-font-for-ebook-devices/154828/12 "2026-10-07T13:09:40Z")
Dodging that problem one can hilariously (for those that are the opposite and dislike Google’s page—or if they are like me, and generally have all of Google firewalled and don’t want to turn all of that stuff off), here is [the official GitHub repository for Google Fonts](https://github.com/google/fonts). You could even, if you wanted, download _everything_. But the font selection menus in all of your software will not thank you for that. ---
**Author:** ![nontroppo](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/nontroppo/32/15746_2.png) [@nontroppo](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/nontroppo)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/libron-a-new-font-for-ebook-devices/154828/13 "2026-10-17T15:42:10Z")
Now available on homebrew: ```nohighlight brew install font-libron ```