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Old 11-12-2013, 10:06 AM   #153
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
That can easily be fixed by subsetting the font. In fact, I suggest subsetting no matter which font is used. Calibre does a very good job subsetting,
But as you probably know:

1. Amazon KDP often rejects perfectly valid books generated with Calibre
2. KindleGen can obfuscate but not subset fonts
3. Free font subsetting tools often also mess with other font data

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Caecilla has not actually been optimized for eInk.
Maybe "optimize" is the wrong word, but unlike other ereader vendors, Amazon at least picked medium width default fonts. For example, the default font, PMN Caecilia LT 65 Medium, is a medium width font (usually 55 is regular and 75 bold) that also natively supports small caps and lots of special characters missing in RMSKD/ADE readers.

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Caecilla looks like a cross between Courier and a variable width font. It's not all that nice. Charis SIL does look much nicer.
It all boils down to a matter of taste. I like Caecilia.
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