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Originally Posted by Toxaris
You can use TTF or OTF, that does not really matter. However, not all fonts render that well on readers. I would advise to check the epub in ADE on the PC to see if the fonts show up. If the font does not render, you should check the OS/2 version mapping in the font (yes, I mean OS/2...). It should be 3 or less.
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Okay, my ignorance showing (again) here -- I never even heard of "ADE" until yesterday, in fact! But spurred by your reply here, I found that reader and installed it, and checked my epub in it -- everything seems to come out okay! No problems at all with displaying the font correctly, and although I only skimmed through it quickly, I didn't notice any issues with the lines wrapping in mid-word (due to those special characters) or anything. So that's reassuring.
This does bring up a related question, actually. For website design, there's a site somewhere (I forget the URL, off-hand) where one can check one's site in a TON of browsers -- like 20 or 30 or something, both different browsers and different versions of them -- all at the same time.
Is there any kind of site that's similar for checking epubs? Ideally, it would be nice to have an iPad, a Kindle, a Nook, and every other ereader -- but who the hell can afford that? And the "Kindle Previewer", but I really have to wonder if what one sees in that is actually how things look in the real thing. It would be nice if there was a website like that other one for website design.
Of course, it would be even nicer if all these manufacturers could just come up with ONE standard -- and then all comply with it, of course.
