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Hitch · 02-08-2018, 01:09 PM

Tox:

A question. Due to the joys of Edge, we are running into a situation that honestly, I hadn't anticipated, with all the font subsetting that we do. The Edge browser overrides any existing formatting that you use, for an ePUB, so, if you have set a particular book to be NOT hyphenated, well, tough.

So, here's a little thing--if you've subset a body font, on an ePUB that does not utilize hyphenation, guess what? The shy is not subset with the book. And, when Edge hyphenates it, lo...you end up with the dreaded Xs.

My question is: when we've chosen, for various reasons, to turn hyphenation off, in ePUB XXX, does the shy get subset, with FontShrinker--or no? I know that you tweaked it to retain ligatures (thank you, Sweetie!), but...the shy? Or do I need to turn hyphenation on, play with the eePUB, allow it to hyphenate, and THEN run FS?

Hitch
(Who feels QUITE cranky about Edge, this morning....)

02-08-2018, 01:09 PM	#86
Hitch Bookmaker & Cat Slave Posts: 11,503 Karma: 158448243 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Phoenix, AZ Device: K2, iPad, KFire, PPW, Voyage, NookColor. 2 Droid, Oasis, Boox Note2	The "shy" character? Tox: A question. Due to the joys of Edge, we are running into a situation that honestly, I hadn't anticipated, with all the font subsetting that we do. The Edge browser overrides any existing formatting that you use, for an ePUB, so, if you have set a particular book to be NOT hyphenated, well, tough. So, here's a little thing--if you've subset a body font, on an ePUB that does not utilize hyphenation, guess what? The shy is not subset with the book. And, when Edge hyphenates it, lo...you end up with the dreaded Xs. My question is: when we've chosen, for various reasons, to turn hyphenation off, in ePUB XXX, does the shy get subset, with FontShrinker--or no? I know that you tweaked it to retain ligatures (thank you, Sweetie!), but...the shy? Or do I need to turn hyphenation on, play with the eePUB, allow it to hyphenate, and THEN run FS? Hitch (Who feels QUITE cranky about Edge, this morning....)