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Originally Posted by Mohrwyn
Thank you for all your responses. There are to many to keep replying to each of you, so I'll try to answer to all your comments at once  .
Keep in mind that:
- I wrote three fiction novels
- I use Calibre to convert a Word docx to epub. Both do have their individual limitations (and so do I
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- I'm using a fairly modern laptop with a wide-angle screen
- I have an iPhone SE (size of iPhone 5)
- I don't have a tablet or an e-reader
I need to choose a certain font in Word and Calibre converts it. Even if I don't choose a font family and/or choose to embed a font in Calibre, it always shows the fonts I used in Word.
According to Kobo (were I want to publish my e-books), it doesn't really matter whether or not I embed a font, because the reader can always choose another one (according to you guys, that's incorrect?). But: they state that, assuming one uses InDesign to convert to an EPUB. And I don't have InDesign...
If I choose to convert my docx through their conversion tool, I'm supposed to use Times New Roman, Arial or Courier new, because only those fonts will convert best.
But I hate serif fonts when it comes to digital reading, whether it is on a computer, tablet, e-reader or mobile phone, so I don't want that. (Solely) Arial is incredibly boring and it leaves me no choice about the headings. So that's why I'm trying so hard to find a way to embed fonts to Calibre. Easy to read sans serif fonts, not tóó fancy, but other than those mentioned by Kobo.
Again, the fonts do appear in the CSS of the EPUB Calibre converts it to, but the fonts only appear in the Calibre reader. Maybe because there is no link to the fonts?
I'll give the solution of JSWolf a try, adding a link to the font, though I don't know if I can add a link directly to google fonts, or that I have to store it online somewhere myself... But I'll figure that out, I guess. 
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Before publishing an ebook with embedded fonts, you need to check if you are allowed to use those fonts in that way. The majority of the fonts supplied by Microsoft or Apple with their systems are limited to use on your computer, redistribution is not an option.