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Originally Posted by Gregg Bell
Thanks cromag. I was aware of the MS core fonts (but not the link you gave me) and was on the verge of installing it but then held off.
I like Liberation Serif. I can't tell the difference between that and TNR. I just don't want there to be compatibility problems somehow and somewhere down the road.
Like once I turn either an .odt or a .doc into an .html does the font I started with matter?
Or like opening the file in Sigil. Will the starting font matter?
Stuff like that. (I don't want to write a whole book and then realize that some sort of systemic error stops me from making an ebook with it (at some stage of the process.))
I'll go with the Liberation Serif on the laptop and keep it that on the Desktop LO and be happy if it has no complications.
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It shouldn't be a problem. Ideally you would strip the font from the book and let the ereader set the font, but even if you declare TNR and the ereader doesn't have it, the worst that happens is the device should fall back on it's own default. Or you'd have the font automatically embedded. (Which isn't ideal, because it adds useless kilo/megabytes to your book file.
Either way, the ebook will still be readable.
The only issue is how much choice you give the reader in terms of font usage.
And in minimizing the size in order to let you readers hold more books. (Each book with an embedded font adds up.) But that isn't necessary except as an added courtesy, so you don't have to bother if it seems too complicated. Or we can guide you through the world of ebook optimization, until you become an ebook-making guru!