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Old 12-09-2016, 04:33 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by pluma View Post
How to check, in linux, that the font is indeed OpenType?
I am no font expert, so someone else would post about tools for detailed font info. But the very basic is to go to wherever your fonts are installed (/usr/share/fonts) and see which ones are .otf.

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Can you reccomend a way to make sure the use OpenType in both latex/pdf and epub?
The list of fonts that actually support OpenType Math is very small. Wikipedia lists a few:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenType#Math

Here are a few math fonts that work in LaTeX (not necessarily OpenType):

http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/mathfonts.html

EPUB2 supports TTF or OTF fonts, and EPUB3 added support for WOFF fonts.

I don't embed fonts in ebooks (only in rare cases when I need an obscure character or two). In that case, I only use a handful of fonts. Here is a list of Open Source fonts that cover a large portion of the Unicode characters:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-s...code_typefaces

For ebooks, Charis SIL is a "fan favorite" (JSWolf also released a thicker variant that looks better on e-ink).

Toxaris mentioned Symbola (which we recently ran across). This font covers an absolute ton of the obscure characters (Wingdings, Musical Notes, etc. etc.).

I personally use Roboto (Android's Sans Serif font) + Fira Sans (a Mozilla Sans Serif font) + Gentium + I was recently told about Junicode (Serif, this one works very well in Print).

Also, I don't get the infatuation with having your Ebook font match your Print font... they are completely different beasts. See all of the complaints from users on MobileRead where the font is "too light for e-ink". I personally just leave fonts up to the device/user and let them choose whatever they prefer.

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