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Originally Posted by JSWolf
In this eBook, what is this font going to be used for? I hope chapter titles and maybe the first letter of the first paragraph of a chapter.
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There are other places specifying a font is reasonable. Mostly brief inline display purposes; e.g. if you want to have a line or two showing computer output or a rusty old sign that use a display font, that's probably acceptable.
She sat down at the computer and stared at a prompt.
INPUT PASSWORD>
She sighed and began entering guesses.
Neil Gaiman’s short story “A Study in Emerald” is a decent example; there are some short (paragraph-or-less) interludes that are meant to be sort of carnival-barker style sales pamphlets, with
EMPHASIS TEXT about the MAGICAL AND WONDROUS THINGS that these SKILLED PLAYERS will be displaying for your JOY and EDIFICATION, only this SUNDAY at the WHITECHAPEL CATHEDRAL!!!
It's meant to be horribly garish, and it's fine IMO to attach an interesting display font to something like that.
The key, though, is to not override the reader's font choice for the main body text or for large sections like an entire prologue or appendix.