[QUOTE=iain robinson;2122007]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.
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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?
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I'm suggesting you install Notepad++ and load every text file (OPF, CSS, XML, ncx) into Notepad++ and check the encoding. Notepad++ has an encoding menu that has nothing to do with the encoding that you are talking about. Notepad++ supports tabs, so you can load everything at once and close each tab as you finish.
As for the font, I can give it a go and see what happens with ADE. ADE does not support font-weight commands that specify an actual weight. I have no idea if iBooks would or not. But the way to do it is to have the different font styles for that font family that you will need. I will give that font a go in ADE and see how it looks. I can also try it in iBooks and Bluefire and see how they both look on an iPad.