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Originally Posted by Kivgaen
I guess the source of my confusion is that we already tried embedding the fonts with InDesign using the "include embeddable fonts" option, and then when I opened up the .epub file to take a look at the file, there weren't any fonts in the Fonts directory. I got an error message when tried embedding the fonts that some fonts weren't embeddable, and then I read that InDesign will only embed opentype fonts, but the Symbol font is only a truetype font.
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InDesign embeds ttf fonts just fine. If you're getting this error it may be because the permission bits in the font file don't allow embedding, as I said. Go to 'File->Package...' and click on the 'Fonts' item, is your font protected?
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I guess I can add the truetype font after using Sigil... but now you've all got me worried that Apple will reject our files if I embed a font. It's probably safest just to assume that I don't NEED to embed the font since the spade, heart, diamond and club glyphs are supported.
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If you want your book to be readable on the iPad then there's no point embedding a font for special symbols anyway, as it won't work. You definitely
DO NOT NEED to embed a font to get these glyphs on either the iPad or ADE-based readers.
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I'm even more confused than I was when I started this thread...
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It's really very simple.
If you want to get confused, take a look at the terms for font licensing for epubs.