02-22-2013, 12:52 PM | #1 |
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Embedding fonts question
AS I move along absorbing a little more in this epub world I learn 2 things and forget 3 which is why I write this.
I see two ways of converting a word doc to an epub with two different results. 1. open the docx in Calibre, convert to epub and open in Sigil. I get two stylesheets, decent styling and the pages broken up into sections. 2. open the converted word docx html file in Sigil I get no external stylesheet and no colored headers ( to name a few) and ONE page for the document It seems using method one gives me better results but I now need to embed a font into the file and use it ONLY in a section on page4. I already added the font into the folder, I see its in the manifest already but I need to know how to assign the font to JUST the paragraph I need it to display in and not the entire file. anyone? thx ht. |
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Here is a stylesheet I created to use with 'one page' (sound familiar ) Just ADD a link to the sheet on that page. This sheet is used in conjunction with the normal one, so the selector names need to be unique Last edited by theducks; 02-22-2013 at 01:31 PM. Reason: Attachment added |
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02-22-2013, 01:43 PM | #3 |
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Do you REALLY need to imitate the original font? Won't the standard serif and sans-serif fonts provided by every e-Reader do perfectly well?
"Convert" is a complicated path full of pitfalls. I suggest rather that you strip the text back to the plainest possible form, drop it into Sigil, split into chapters, add a Header style to chapter headings...you're just about done. Let the reader decide on font size and style, paragraph indents etc., just as it MUST decide on line length, page breaks.. You aren't designing a book, you're making text available. |
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To embed and use a font for a specific paragraph, take a look at the tutorial for this in my signature.
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Although I'm definitely an adherent of the "less is best" policy, I can't really get behind the idea that ebook creators are simply "delivering text." If that were the case, there'd be no need for programs like Sigil--or even ePub for that matter.
I imagine publishers would be more than happy to turn ebooks into nothing but "text delivery", but as long as there's authors attached to these pesky little buggers (not to mention a subset of readers who aren't willing to give up on typography entirely), then there's always going be a certain stylistic aspect to ebook creation. And as long as you CAN achieve certain typographic effects relatively simply in most of today's formats, then questions like "HOW do I achieve what I want (or have been asked) to do" deserve answers that consist of more than just "don't do that." Especially in a forum dedicated to a program that allows you to do exactly what the OP asked about. There's nothing wrong with embedding fonts to achieve certain effects for certain special sections of books that can benefit from it. "Ebook" doesn't have to be the ascetic zeigeist that some seem to think is its ordained destiny. There's more than enough room for a bit of subdued flair. |
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EPUB is about 'Books'... Styled words, charts and Pictures of all kinds. That style sheet allowed me to show a 'Handwritten Letter' without resorting to a Image. The benefits are fully rescaleable documents |
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Go to your (real) bookshelf. Most of the books there are laid out with one heading font, one body font, one paragraph style. Because it's all that's needed. |
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Take the converted ePub, load it into Sigil and clean up the mess. Word will leave a mess and Calibre is not going to have cleaned it up when converting. After you've cleaned up the mess, save the ePub without your embedded fonts and make a copy. Then you can play around with the fonts until it looks good on an eInk screen. |
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JS did not say No I agree 100% test on E-Ink. Way back in High School Print shop , I learned that too many font faces was a bad thing. The instructors idea of too many was more than 6 on "B" size (school newspaper). Multiple Display Ad's excepted (within the Ad, the rule applies). |
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