Thread: What does everyone have against EPUB?
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Old 08-09-2009, 04:24 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by Elfwreck View Post
The big difference: Many fonts, including free fonts, are free for use but not distribution. Embedding it in a PDF file is "use." Putting it into the EPUB zip package is "distribution," and not legal to do without permission or payment.

Setting fonts of your choice for your own ePub reading is fine; setting them in an ePub to share may require permission.
OK. That clears it up nicely. In my case (personal use) I don't care. Even so, the font I chose is the gnu freefont FreeSans, so not a problem anyway.

Thanks for the explanation.
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