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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.
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.
I'm even more confused than I was when I started this thread...
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Luise:
May I ask a simple question? Is this entire discussion over naught more than the symbols? The suit symbols? You've decided to use html-supported basic fonts like TimesNewRoman and Arial, all that, right? You said that at the beginning of the thread?
Are you using any "symbols" that are spectacularly arcane? Because, if you are NOT, just using the plain old plain old html codes for them works fine, at least it has so far in every epub & mobi I've put out. I use the trademark (tm) symbol all the time, and a bunch of typographical conventions (like tildes). I simply use the ™ version for trademark and that ilk. I'm pretty sure that you can use anything you can find here:
http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_symbols.asp
In an epub and have it work on every reader and there's absolutely no reason to embed the "symbol" font that I know of. I certainly haven't embedded any fonts and my symbols work fine.
Does this help at all?
Hitch