Thread: Would you be e-reading if DRM was unbreakable?
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Old 12-20-2013, 10:20 AM   #163
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Originally Posted by Katsunami View Post
In my case, it wouldn't be possible to get over it, if there are books that have an inbuilt font in such a way that the reader doesn't allow you to change it. Many books have Charis built in (don't ask me why), and it just looks absolutely horrible on my KPW1.

The KPW1 can ignore that font and use a different one, but there are readers that can't. If a book is DRM-ed so you can't strip the font out, you're forced to read the book using an unreadable font; thereby defeating one of the main advantages of ebooks.
The part that I bolded seems more like a problem with the device than a problem with the book. I know that for a while there was an issue with Kindles where the font would be locked in some kf8 books, but I think that problem has been fixed now, and you can choose not to use the publisher's font.

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