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Old 07-18-2022, 02:58 PM   #67
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Well I never! I just converted an EPUB to AZW3 in Calibre and the Publisher Font is now there. Doh! Kicking myself for not suspecting MOBI. Thanks!
Well, that's one of the downsides of using automagic conversion--you don't get into the guts of the thing.

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But this may also explain why a lot of people never find the the embedded font on a Paperwhite, simply because they didn't realise the MOBI didn't embed the fonts. Something I will now be sure to point out.
Nah, most people don't realize it's there because they simply don't look. The vast, vast majority of folks aren't keeping their eReading libraries in Calibre and DIY'ing their formats. When I talk about "most people" I mean your everyday, "bought this from Amazon/B&N/Kobo" folks who don't understand how the eBook magically flies through the air and lands on their eReader.

They open their first Kindle (or whatever) eBook, find the font that they like and badda-bing, that's it for eternity.

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I meant better to cater for Kindle, but I see now that it was just the MOBI. It is obviously better to put it on body, always.
In ye olden days--and to this day--if you encoded an HTML font on the body tag, it absolutely WOULD prevent you from changing the main font. That's why KDP made it verboten.

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No, that doesn't apply, can definitely override Publisher Font with font-family on body.
See my previous. Seriously, not kidding. HOWEVER and this has been a major bone of contention with every eBook developer/formatter, ever--it's always been 100% overridable on the Paperwhites. Not on anything else, mind you--but the PPWs? Yes. So, what you're seeing is not indicative of the overall KDP results/Kindle display results.

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Justified text on a small window is terrible. It never fully works unless you read at a tiny font size, some justified, some not managing it. And I'd never use automatic hyphenation. If they want justified they can of course look at the PDF I also supply.
Define "small window." I very much prefer justification, with Enhanced Typesetting functions (hyphenation kerning, tracking, etc.) on my eInk Paperwhites. I really hate ragged-right.

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