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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Why convert to a graphic? Better to embed and subset the font. Modern eBook formats such as ePub & KF8 support font embedding.
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It's true that if, and only if, all of thethe target formats support embedding it may be preferable to embed the font. If left as a live character may will render better when the user invokes colored backgrounds or a "night mode" in their reading app. On the other hand, when the user's device doesn't support embedded fonts and when they opt to disable them the results are likely to be rather horrid. It's one thing if the book is for personal use and another if the book is to be published and widely distributed.
You should also check the size of the font and the total size of the converted images to see which is more compact. If you embed the font it would likely be best to subset the font as a single book is unlikely to use more than 2-3 of the characters. A single image, even when repeated many times, can often be substantially smaller than an embedded font.