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Old 02-22-2015, 02:51 AM   #34
eschwartz
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
One reason is to give the same look on all devices. Another reason is that Caecilia is an ugly font and a rather bad choice for a default font. And finally, because the default font does not have all the characters needed in the book and just willy-nilly removing embedded fonts could give you words that you won't be able to read.
Well, I don't need it to look exactly the same on devices I don't have... and I am not in the habit of scrutinizing my books to see how they render on different devices. In fact, I have absolutely no clue what font most of my books use... except the MOBI ones, I know those don't embed fonts.

I am perfectly happy with the Kindle's Caecilia regardless of your hatred.

If a book contains special characters not in the builtin fonts, the maker would know by dint of using really weird characters, and embed a font. It is exceedingly unlikely to happen in actual books bought and sold... the ones that do have this problem are not your typical novel.
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