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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I did download a sample recently that contained Charis SIL as the embedded font. So if Charis SIL is not allowed, then why was I able to download a sample that has Charis SIL embedded?
The eBook sample I downloaded is from the latest Star Wars eBook.
http://www.amazon.com/Razors-Edge-St...4184829&sr=1-4 |
Wolfie:
Well, firstly, I suspect that that book went through the FTP, not the KDP. (Publisher books are sent via FTP, unlike self-pubs, which go through the KDP). Secondly, here's part of what I know about this:
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Section 3.1.6, Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines: Publishers can include their own font for their content. Amazon has a quality assurance process to ensure that these fonts display well on e Ink-based devices and do not impair the reading experience. Do not include the Charis font; it is replaced with a higher quality font in the Kindle Readers.
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...and the other part is, when we've tried it, it bollixes up. We've even tried a supposedly new and improved version of Charis, and no joy. I don't remember (and I asked the person here who has the most experience with it, and she doesn't remember, either) exactly what happened, but it came out weird. We also don't remember if it was weird after KP and before KDP, or after KDP. If I had to guess, I'd say that latter, as that is where we've encountered most of our issues.
If a publisher can upload a book that does not go through KDP, it's entirely possible, I suppose, that the Charis doesn't get supplanted, but that's not my understanding as to what Amazon has said, either indirectly via the Guidelines or directly to me in email. My clear comprehension is that they just swap out the font, for whatever reason.
Knowing you, Wolfie, I assume you ripped the book apart, and confirmed that the font you were
seeing was Charis? Here's the part I don't know, because we're not publishers, so I don't have a way to do a complete test, start-to-finish: I don't know if the Charis is literally replaced or simply a different font
displays. I suspect it's just that a different font displays, so even ripping something apart mayn't give us a clue. The somewhat "passive voice" statement of the Guide isn't really clear as to precisely what they mean, and I haven't gotten greater clarification in my inquiries, because quite honestly, it wasn't that important to us--it was more "confirm this font doesn't work," "check" "okay, don't use that font," and that was a while back, shortly after the K8 format came into being.
Sorry--can't help more than that.
Hitch