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Originally Posted by Chi Cygni
What interests me is would I be able to use that font-face part of css inside a Sony once and for all and then not worry anymore if it would read special characters (provided I upload specific font and that it is in agreement with the code definition)? I would like to be able to read DRMed books with all fonts properly displayed. I'd rather not fiddle with each epub separately (and DRM won't allow it anyway I guess) Or does it have to be special (if possible) code written for that purpose and then nested in Sony in a particular place?
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Yes, it is possible to store the @font-face css on the Sony rather than in each individual epub, but you would need to take the plunge and install one of the custom firmwares, like PRSPlus or Boroda. Not everyone wants to do that with a new shiny toy in case it invalidates their Warranty.
However, it is currently the only way to see DRM'd epubs with a non-Sony font unless the publishers have already embedded a suitable font inside the epub before it was DRM'd. In which case they will also have embedded the appropriate @font-faces inside the epub css.
Most of the commercial epubs I've seen which have an embedded font use Charis SIL, which is free. You might like to check out whether it contains the special characters you need. Alternatively, as Charis is my own preferred font, if you attach a text file here containing a paragraph with all the special characters you'll need I can convert it to epub and do a screencap of what it looks like with Charis SIL on a Sony reader.
I'm going to finish with a caveat because there are no 100% guarantees in life. With a DRM'd epub it is possible that the publishers have not embedded a font and that the css has been written sufficiently badly that the epub will not use the css you have stored with PRSPlus/Boroda. In a case like this your only option would be to remove the DRM (which we're not allowed to discuss on this Forum) and then you can edit the css inside the epub until you've beaten it into submission (which you can discuss on this Forum).