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Originally Posted by roger64
Hi
I have two questions
1. - Did you do some statistics about FontShrinker? An average novel uses between 110 to 140 different characters (including spaces, accents, etc.). What would be the average size for a ttf subset using say, Charis Sil? Or could you give an average range?
2. - The editor of Calibre can now provide a csv export list of used characters (though it does not tell to which font they belong). Would such a csv file be useful for FontShrinker?
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At 1. No, I test several books and fonts, but the actual reduction is depending on how rich the font was to start with. So the statistics would not really be useful. Now, in the case of Charis, the effect is large, since Charis is a very richt font. So, a lot to remove from it.
At 2. You might also want to take a look at the ePUBOptimizer plugin for Sigil. That is this tool combined with image optimization. Anyway, that list can of course be used. Just paste the actual characters into the box. Be aware that some characters will be added (if they are not yet in the list) like ligatures. The reason is that some readers/reading applications will automatically use a ligature in some cases. So, they are not in the list then but are used.