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mtrahan · 09-18-2013, 03:48 PM

Hi guys,

I'm working on a novel that happens to be full of special characters. It looks good on paper but I have no idea how to deal with these in ePub. Have a look:

Looks fun, eh?

Now, I don't know much about Unicode but I know that some of these can appear as "regular characters", like this ⌘ or δ or even these ☰ ☷ ☳ ☴ ☲ ☵ ☶ ☱. That said, I have no idea how they will appear on various e-readers...

How would you deal with this situation? My first thought make an very small image of them and use that instead. It is not exactly an elegant solution... But is there a better one? Maybe a font I could embed that would have them? (But keep in mind this ePub will be sold.)

Thanks in advance for your help.

Michael

09-18-2013, 03:48 PM	#1
mtrahan Colonel Mustard Posts: 90 Karma: 1426 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Montreal Device: iPhone 6, Kindle Paperwhite 2, iPad 2	Apple symbol and other special characters in ePub Hi guys, I'm working on a novel that happens to be full of special characters. It looks good on paper but I have no idea how to deal with these in ePub. Have a look: Looks fun, eh? Now, I don't know much about Unicode but I know that some of these can appear as "regular characters", like this ⌘ or δ or even these ☰ ☷ ☳ ☴ ☲ ☵ ☶ ☱. That said, I have no idea how they will appear on various e-readers... How would you deal with this situation? My first thought make an very small image of them and use that instead. It is not exactly an elegant solution... But is there a better one? Maybe a font I could embed that would have them? (But keep in mind this ePub will be sold.) Thanks in advance for your help. Michael