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Old 10-29-2011, 09:49 AM   #14
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In my opinion, having the publisher force a font choice on the user removes one of the nicer features of ebooks. I think the user, not the publisher and not the ereader maker, should have the choice of body font. ...
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Using an embedded font for some special text is fine, provided the font is chosen well and that the book will still look decent when the text defaults to the reader's own font instead of the embedded font.

Any use of an embedded font should be made based on actual experience with that particular font on a wide range of devices. Experience with how a particular font looks in print on paper is of absolutely no value is choosing a font for an ebook.
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