Kindle Scribe · Customization
Add your own fonts to the Kindle Scribe
Copy TrueType or OpenType fonts to a folder on the Scribe and pick them from the reading menu. No jailbreak needed. Custom fonts apply to books, not PDFs.
Custom fonts on the Scribe work exactly as on the Paperwhite: a “fonts” folder at the root of the drive, then a restart. The only Scribe-specific point is that it applies to reading books, not to PDFs or notebooks, which keep their own appearance.
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Gather the font files
You need files ending in ".ttf" or ".otf". A family usually comes as four — regular, bold, italic and bold-italic. Copy all four so books that use bold and italic display correctly.
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Connect the Scribe to your computer
Use the USB-C cable and choose to connect. The Scribe appears as a drive.
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Open the "fonts" folder
At the top level of the Scribe drive there is a "fonts" folder, next to "documents". If it is missing, create it, spelled exactly that way in lower case.
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Copy your font files into it
Drag the .ttf or .otf files in. Sub-folders are fine.
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Eject the Scribe and restart it
Eject the drive safely and unplug, then restart the Scribe from Settings, then Device Options, then Restart. The font list is only rebuilt on a restart.
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Select the font while reading
Open a book, tap the top of the screen, open the font settings (the "Aa" button) and the "Font" tab. Your added fonts appear below Amazon's. Note that this changes books in Amazon's formats only — it does not affect how PDFs or your handwritten notebooks look.