MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Looking for a public domain font for embedding into books

ghostyjack · 12-04-2009, 03:49 AM

Here are a few examples of fonts that I found on my PC:

Baskerville
Monotype Corsiva
Old English Text MT

Essentially I'm looking for fonts that would not look out of place in a book written in the 19th centry or older to give a bit more atmospere to the stories. I just don't see fonts like Arial or Verdana and other sans-serif fonts being able to provide this.

As to what I mean about "public domain", I just looking for fonts that I do not need to get specific permission to use, or fonts that I might need to encrypt in the epub itself as I'm trying to avoid the hassle of doing this.

12-04-2009, 03:49 AM	#3
ghostyjack Guru Posts: 718 Karma: 1085610 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bristol, England Device: PRS-T1, 1825PT, Galaxy Tab, One X, TF700T, Aura HD, Nexus 7	Here are a few examples of fonts that I found on my PC: Baskerville Monotype Corsiva Old English Text MT Essentially I'm looking for fonts that would not look out of place in a book written in the 19th centry or older to give a bit more atmospere to the stories. I just don't see fonts like Arial or Verdana and other sans-serif fonts being able to provide this. As to what I mean about "public domain", I just looking for fonts that I do not need to get specific permission to use, or fonts that I might need to encrypt in the epub itself as I'm trying to avoid the hassle of doing this.