diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readercoptlistener.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readercoptlistener.lua
index 910fc00c0..2352bf5fe 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readercoptlistener.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readercoptlistener.lua
@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@ local Event = require("ui/event")
 local ReaderCoptListener = EventListener:new{}
 
 function ReaderCoptListener:onReadSettings(config)
-    local embedded_css = config:readSetting("copt_embedded_css")
-    local toggle_embedded_css = embedded_css == 0 and false or true
-    table.insert(self.ui.postInitCallback, function()
-        self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("ToggleEmbeddedStyleSheet", toggle_embedded_css))
-    end)
-    
     local view_mode = config:readSetting("copt_view_mode")
     if view_mode == 0 then
         table.insert(self.ui.postInitCallback, function()
@@ -20,7 +14,7 @@ function ReaderCoptListener:onReadSettings(config)
             self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("SetViewMode", "scroll"))
         end)
     end
-    
+
     local status_line = config:readSetting("copt_status_line") or DCREREADER_PROGRESS_BAR
     self.document:setStatusLineProp(status_line)
 end
diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readertypeset.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readertypeset.lua
index 98e9cfc52..4b7705b5c 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readertypeset.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readertypeset.lua
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ function ReaderTypeset:onReadSettings(config)
     end
 
     -- default to enable embedded css
-    self.embedded_css = config:readSetting("embedded_css") or true
+    self.embedded_css = config:readSetting("embedded_css")
+    if self.embedded_css == nil then self.embedded_css = true end
     self.ui.document:setEmbeddedStyleSheet(self.embedded_css and 1 or 0)
-    
+
     -- set page margins
     self:onSetPageMargins(config:readSetting("copt_page_margins") or DCREREADER_CONFIG_MARGIN_SIZES_MEDIUM)
 end
diff --git a/frontend/document/credocument.lua b/frontend/document/credocument.lua
index 8ec52d0d0..7501be049 100644
--- a/frontend/document/credocument.lua
+++ b/frontend/document/credocument.lua
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ function CreDocument:engineInit()
         -- we need to initialize the CRE font list
         local fonts = Font:getFontList()
         for _k, _v in ipairs(fonts) do
-            if _v ~= "Dingbats.cff" and _v ~= "StandardSymL.cff" then
+            if _v ~= "Dingbats.cff" and _v ~= "StandardSymL.cff"
+                    and _v:sub(1, 6) ~= "Nimbus" then
                 local ok, err = pcall(cre.registerFont, Font.fontdir..'/'.._v)
                 if not ok then
                     DEBUG(err)
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/menu.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/menu.lua
index d88e300b0..1845c85d4 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/menu.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/menu.lua
@@ -325,7 +325,8 @@ function Menu:_recalculateDimen()
         w = self.dimen.w,
         h = Screen:scaleByDPI(46), -- hardcoded for now
     }
-    self.perpage = math.floor((self.dimen.h - self.dimen.y - self.header_padding) / self.item_dimen.h) - 2
+    -- header and footer should approximately take up space of 2 items
+    self.perpage = math.floor(self.dimen.h / self.item_dimen.h) - (self.no_title and 1 or 2)
     self.page_num = math.ceil(#self.item_table / self.perpage)
 end
 
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/notification.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/notification.lua
index 8b888889b..b9e913c3d 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/notification.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/notification.lua
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 local InputContainer = require("ui/widget/container/inputcontainer")
 local FrameContainer = require("ui/widget/container/framecontainer")
 local CenterContainer = require("ui/widget/container/centercontainer")
-local TextBoxWidget = require("ui/widget/textboxwidget")
+local TextWidget = require("ui/widget/textwidget")
 local Font = require("ui/font")
 local Geom = require("ui/geometry")
 local Device = require("ui/device")
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ local Notification = InputContainer:new{
     face = Font:getFace("infofont", 20),
     text = "Null Message",
     timeout = nil,
+    margin = 5,
+    padding = 5,
 }
 
 function Notification:init()
@@ -26,21 +28,27 @@ function Notification:init()
         }
     end
     -- we construct the actual content here because self.text is only available now
+    local text_widget = TextWidget:new{
+        text = self.text,
+        face = self.face
+    }
+    local widget_size = text_widget:getSize()
     self[1] = CenterContainer:new{
         dimen = Geom:new{
             w = Screen:getWidth(),
             h = Screen:getHeight()/10,
         },
-        ignore = "height",
         FrameContainer:new{
             background = 0,
             radius = 0,
-            HorizontalGroup:new{
-                align = "center",
-                TextBoxWidget:new{
-                    text = self.text,
-                    face = self.face,
-                }
+            margin = self.margin,
+            padding = self.padding,
+            CenterContainer:new{
+                dimen = Geom:new{
+                    w = widget_size.w,
+                    h = widget_size.h
+                },
+                text_widget,
             }
         }
     }