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Old 03-18-2013, 06:18 PM   #15
jackie_w
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Originally Posted by roger64 View Post
For a safe display, it means that it's advisable to embed both fonts.
...whereas the conclusion I would draw is that, if you're preparing epubs for others, it's advisable to embed neither If you're preparing them for yourself it's not difficult to find an acceptable solution. I don't think I'd want to give up the advantages of epub to get a fixed font selection in PDF, especially on a Kobo which doesn't seem like a great PDF reading experience (but that's obviously all just personal opinion )

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I cannot see any other way out of this except renouncing to display dropcaps.
If you let the dropcap display in the same font as the main body text, by removing the font-family setting from the dropcap class, then you'll have a fighting chance of success. This is what I do for most modern fiction books I read. I only add the fancy initials for a few book series (such as the Wheel of Time fantasy in my original pic).
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