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Originally Posted by Jellby
It's bad to specify any default font size (1em or 100% would be OK, but why bother? it's a no-op). If I have a preferred font size, I want that, not 90% of that. If my device has bugs or limitations, let me find the fix, do not impose it on me (and do not impose me a fix for other devices).
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That makes sense, your input is appreciated, and I have already changed our templates. On a related note, what would you consider to be the lower bound for relative text size? Is 0.8em acceptable, or too small? Our designers like to use smaller text sizes on some elements like quotes in a whole paragraph. I don't particularly like it, especially for significant amounts of text, but I'm afraid I am already overruled on that one
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Originally Posted by Jellby
Regarding the font embedding, I don't like it either. My device lets me install and choose my preferred font, so I have no problem with non-ASCII characters.
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I mentioned it just because it might be relevant for font size. I considered omitting that part, as posters on the forum can become surprisingly animated about font embedding, and I didn't want to start yet another discussion about it
That said (oh no, here I go, feel free to skip the rest), we do it because the vast majority of our readers wouldn't know where to begin if they needed a font which has, for instance, Turkish dotless ı. Power users can and will do what they want, including removing/substituting fonts freely in the file, as most of our books are published without DRM encumbrance (not that DRM will stop anyone). Of course we have no problems with that, I have even provided guidance for a customer who wanted to tweak one of our books.
We chose Deja Vu serif because it works well on small screens, is not hideous, has no licence issues, and includes (so far) every glyph we've ever needed in a variety of academic publications. I know about the pros and cons of embedding, but for us it's pretty much a necessity as too many devices assume that English is the only language on the planet.