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Old 06-27-2022, 12:56 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Tex2002ans View Post
Embedded fonts in ebooks should be used very sparingly (if at all). They should definitely NOT be used for the body of the ebook's text.
Too true.

Case in point, last night, eyes tired, went to dark mode (in which my eyes have a strong preference for the Amasis font), only to discover that there was NO OPTION to change the font family AT ALL in my library loan.

The only option available was Publisher Default. There appears to be no particular need for a specific font to be set in the body of the ebook. It's Anne Hillerman's latest, The Sacred Bridge, published this April in case anyone is wondering, so NOT an older title.

The font set in the book is not a problem at all during the day, but it didn't work well for me with dark mode so I closed my reader and went to sleep, because my eyes couldn't deal.

I guess the big question is, why, in 2022, are we still seeing this kind of thing out of big publishing houses that should know better?
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