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georg3200 · 09-30-2010, 11:52 AM

Hi there,

we produce epubs for our customers. We often have texts with foreign characters that are not contained in the normal characters like ğ (g with breve). I think its a Turkish character.

We usually do this by embedding a font into the epub. But this does not work in the iPad. No font-embedding on the iPad.

Using the HTML-Code "&# 287 ;" (remove the blanks) works in Firefox, but not in an epub and of course not at all on the iPad.

So, does someone has an idea how to show such a character on the iPad?
Or are we the only ones who have to display foreign language in an EPUB on the iPad?

09-30-2010, 11:52 AM	#1
georg3200 Connoisseur Posts: 59 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: none	Special chararcters on the iPad or why does Apple not support Font-embedding? Hi there, we produce epubs for our customers. We often have texts with foreign characters that are not contained in the normal characters like ğ (g with breve). I think its a Turkish character. We usually do this by embedding a font into the epub. But this does not work in the iPad. No font-embedding on the iPad. Using the HTML-Code "&# 287 ;" (remove the blanks) works in Firefox, but not in an epub and of course not at all on the iPad. So, does someone has an idea how to show such a character on the iPad? Or are we the only ones who have to display foreign language in an EPUB on the iPad?