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Originally Posted by slm
I don't know what book the OP was referring to, but a book that absolutely needed multiple fonts is "The Interior Life" by Dorothy Heydt (writing as Katherine Blake). The switch back-and-forth between "exterior" worlds and "interior" one needs a very strong visual indicator to work.
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As it switches within a paragraph I can see why she did it. Switching on chapter or even a section break basis wouldn't need extra fonts at all.
That, plus I think the thoughts are in italic (which is not always done), makes it very very tiring to read.
Personally I think it could have been done differently and using one or at most two fonts for the body, maybe even serif and then sans for the skips. I find the chosen alternate font hard to read. Then it would translate to non-Roman-Latin better and audio book better.
The download seems to be the entire ebook, but I put it in my "bought books" folder rather than the folder for pd books. I treat free copyright works as if they were bought.
However 3 or 4 body fonts will pass KDP, using 8 or 9 probably won't.
EDIT:
IMO Hitch is one of the more helpful people here and one of the most knowledgeable and experienced on eBook production/formatting I've seen in my 6 year membership here.