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Originally Posted by radius
I'm out town on vacation without my computer, so I can't lookup or experiment with this, but iirc, if you don't specify a body font but you do specify a paragraph font you can get stuck with Caecilia only.
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No, this is backwards. If you declare a font or font-family, you limit the font choices on a device. Caecilia is the sole font choice on KF7 devices like the K2 and DX.
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If you don't specify body but you do for headings etc you can get stuck with Helvetica only.
I don't remember what you need to put fo the body because I just cut and paste it from a text file I have for that purpose. I found out about thi on Mobile read though, so it should be discoverable somehow.
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That's for the PPW. It's a bug. If you put a font of any kind, for any reason, in the book--say, for a dingbat--then the whole body font displays as Helvetica, and you can't opt for something else. As I said, this is a bug, and not normal MOBI behavior.
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Originally Posted by GrannyGrump
Thanks radius. I will try to hunt down the information. I bet you only have to declare "serif" or "sans-serif", or you wouldn't be able to paste in the same thing from a text file --- unless you are embedding a font for body text every time.
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See above. If you declare serif or sans, that's what your options will be limited to on the devices. (And it doesn't always work; I've seen these calls in a CSS sheet literally
removed from the CSS at the KDP. Yup,
it really happens.)
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Originally Posted by cybmole
i am not sure if the declare font stuff is still applicable.
I always remove all font family stuff, from my ready- to-read copy of epub, as otherwise the kobo reader selection controls do not work.
I then sometimes calibre-convert that ready-to-read version to azw & put in onto my kindle fire or voyage - I have never noticed any inability to then change font - though as I like caecilia it's not something I have tested explicitly...
...so , opening my Kindle voyage & going to first side loaded book ( which came via epub with all font declarations removed.. ) yes I can select any of the available fonts.
NB I use azw3 , not mobi, dunno if that is a factor.
I reckon that if I turn on my fire tablet and add a book or two, I will get same results there.
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Well, I don't sideload AZW3's, as they're not usable for my purposes. The prior poster is just a bit confused about the PPW display bug, that's all.
FWIW.
Hitch