Thread: Alternate glyph support (font-variant-alternates)
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Old 10-22-2019, 03:19 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by momoha View Post
Hello everyone,

Does anyone know if the CSS font-variant-alternates is supported in ePub3? I tried in Sigil and it doesn’t seem to be working, and I can’t seem to find any information about it for ePubs.

I have a book where alternate glyphs are used for certain letters, so if that doesn’t work, I’ll have to turn them into images I guess.

Any information or ideas would be of great help
Thanks!
Don't use images where you don't have to. What you could do is embed a font that has glyphs you need. But before you do, make sure the font has enough weight for eInk.

The image based solution would only be needed for Mobi on an old Kindle if the font doesn't have the glyphs/. So if you can get access to an old Kindle or ask on MR if someone has such can test some words for you, then you'll know if you need the images or not.
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