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Originally Posted by JSWolf
The problem with that is that the versions of ADE for Windows or MAC that support any of these features also supports a DRM that cannot be removed and cannot be used in most Readers. So while CSS cn do more, you risk not being able to read your eBooks anyplace else but your computer.
The other problem (forgetting DRM) is that a lot apps (for tablets) and Readers are using an older RMDSK and thus, even if you used OpenType features, they may not work in the majority of software that most people will be reading the eBook. if you could get all the apps and all the Readers up to the latest RMDSK, then yes, OT features in CSS would be great.
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Jon's quite right about this. The biggest issue with the spec is...that nobody bothers to really follow the spec. It's like train schedules in Mexico--a
suggestion. It's a shame, really, and it drives people like me bonkers, because we get squeezed in-between clients at one end of the spectrum ("I want a book that has multimedia, ligatures, columns, visual poetry and oh, yeah, a partridge in a pear tree!"), the device-makers/eRetailers ("We're Apple. We'll just do whatever we goddamn well please.") and the spec ("This is this week's ePUBcheck, and, oh, yeah, if you're something like Lulu, you'll use ePUBcheck 1.0, for5 years.").
Seriously, it's a bit like being a juggler with one eye and one spastic hand.
Hitch