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Originally Posted by ProDigit
Interesting... UTF is a requirement of EPuB2, EPuB3 or all versions of EPuB?
The problem with GIF is animated gif.. The first step towards ads on an ebook  . |
All versions of ePUB require UTF. It is not that strange, it was made/developed with universal support in mind. Nobody in their right mind makes webpages or programs without UTF support. It brings too many issues with support. I have seen so many issues with codepages in the past in my work (non-ePUB), I really don't understand why people would
not want to use UTF-8.
The impact on size and performance is almost non-existent for Latin-1 and Latin-2 codepages.
Of course is animated gif not supported for e-readers since the e-ink screens would not be able to handle that. That being said, I would not be surprised if reading application on pc/tablets/etc would support that since they usually work with webkit.