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iain robinson · 06-20-2012, 02:28 PM

Thanks for your reply JSWolf.

What exactly did you change in the code? I see you changed the font-weight to "normal" when I declared the font, rather than "600". As I said I copied that from the Google Web Fonts site (where the fonts came from) - I can't say I'd ever seen font weights expressed like that in CSS before but I assumed they knew best. I'll try it your way and see if it makes a difference.

I use Chrome as an alternative to ADE as it uses the webkit rendering engine the same as iBooks. I don't always have access to an iPad and I know the iPad will make-up a sizeable proportion of the audience for this title. You think it is not similar enough to be worthwhile?

The semi-bold is the only font I have embedded. I do have a bold variety but it is not embedded or referenced anywhere in the file.

In the opf file is the line <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>

I take it you are suggesting changing it to
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8 without BOM" standalone="yes"?>
and then the same in the ncx file etc? I'm at home so can't do it at the moment - what is that doing exactly?

06-20-2012, 02:28 PM	#3
iain robinson Connoisseur Posts: 75 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: UK Device: none	Thanks for your reply JSWolf. What exactly did you change in the code? I see you changed the font-weight to "normal" when I declared the font, rather than "600". As I said I copied that from the Google Web Fonts site (where the fonts came from) - I can't say I'd ever seen font weights expressed like that in CSS before but I assumed they knew best. I'll try it your way and see if it makes a difference. I use Chrome as an alternative to ADE as it uses the webkit rendering engine the same as iBooks. I don't always have access to an iPad and I know the iPad will make-up a sizeable proportion of the audience for this title. You think it is not similar enough to be worthwhile? The semi-bold is the only font I have embedded. I do have a bold variety but it is not embedded or referenced anywhere in the file. In the opf file is the line <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> I take it you are suggesting changing it to <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8 without BOM" standalone="yes"?> and then the same in the ncx file etc? I'm at home so can't do it at the moment - what is that doing exactly?