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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Just use sans-serif for headings.
No need to embed a body font. Time New Roman is terrible for this.
For handwritten notes, just use italics.
For text printed or displayed on a screen, use monospace.
That way you don't need any embedded font that don't work and don't look good and for eInk will be terrible.
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I do use a San Serif typeface for the headings. I just prefer Calibre over some of the others that are available to me (such as Arial and Franklin Gothic).
What's wrong with Times New Roman as a body typeface? It's legible at a moderate size (13pt or 14pt), and it is commonly available. About the only negative is that it might be considered a bit boring since it is so often used. I have considered Thorndale as an alternative. I also considered Georgia but dislike the way it renders numbers.
The reason I use Comic Sans is that I wanted a typeface that looks like handwriting without being too fancy, like many of the script-like typefaces that are so fancy that they are difficult to read.
For printed text or screen display I do use a monospace typeface. I chose Courier New because, like with Times New Roman, it is commonly available, legible at a moderate size, and it's appearance clearly indicates something printed.
I do use italics when showing thoughts. What I do is surround the thoughts with square parenthesis (using them just like I use quotation marks when rendering speech) and render the thoughts in italics.
When I make an ebook for my own use, I make it a PDF so everything needed to render the ebook is part of the file itself. I don't have to worry about which typefaces I have on my computer and/or e-reader, and it will appear on my e-reader exactly as intended.