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Originally Posted by Valloric
Cheat? Automatic and per-character font substitution is one absolutely amazing technology. I've never heard anyone refer to is as "cheating", but I've heard many refer to it as "brilliant".
ADE should most definitely use it.
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No, that would be an
extremely bad idea.
ADE's desktop app roughly mirrors the result that will be obtained when reading the same book on a portable reader using ADE (which is still the most common reading system on portable devices). While final proofing should always take place on a target device to check element positioning and paging, the desktop app is extremely useful for soft-proofing during the design process.
Desktop epub readers that rely on system fonts may look nice (sometimes, I've seen some really dodgy font rendering), but this 'feature' makes them worthless for getting an idea of how the book will look on a reader. It's only 'brilliant' if you plan on reading it on your PC...