Sigil does not find my embedded font

[rinaron]

from css=
@font-face {
font-family: “Mekorot-Rashi”;
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
src: url(“../Fonts/Mekorot-Rashi.ttf”);
}
.cs_Times-Rashi{
text-decoration-line:none;
font-weight:487;
font-size:0.92em;
font-family:"Mekorot-Rashi", serif;
letter-spacing:0em;
vertical-align:0px;
color:black;
text-transform:inherit;
font-style:normal;
font-variant:inherit;
font-stretch:normal;
background-color:inherit;
}
from xhtml=
<p class='ps_chapter' dir='rtl'><span class='cs_Times-Rashi'>תנא לישנא דעלמא נקט - אי לא הדר תנא כולה שלי הוה אמינא, מאי מצאתיה דקתני תנא, לשון בני אדם אחז במשנתנו, ולא לשון מקרא, והרבה בני אדם קורין לה מציאה משעת ראיה.</span></p>

the font file was added to the Fonts folder in Sigil

when the font is installed on the computer it shows correctly in the preview
but it doesn't show correctly when not installed
screen shots are included

[BeckyEbook]

I did a test and the font (without installing it on the system) is visible in the preview window.

Windows 10, Sigil 1.8.0 + current master (two separate tests).

EDIT: I see problem in your styles – use normal (not qurly) quotes:

font-family: "Mekorot-Rashi";
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
src: url("../Fonts/Mekorot-Rashi.ttf");

[KevinH]

Yes, quote chars in css are " and ', any other chars will be treated as normal chars for that url or name. That is correct behaviour according to the css spec.

In many cases with no special chars in the string, the quotes themselves are optional, too.

[rinaron]

Thank you for mentioning about the quote marks. I did not notice that. I changed the quote marks and Sigil still does not find the embedded fonts and uses the default serif instead. I am attaching a sample and screen shots of how it looks and how it should look.

[BeckyEbook]

If css styles are in root, fonts in "Fonts", you can fix paths to font files:

@font-face {
font-family: "Mekorot-Rashi";
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
src: url("Fonts/Mekorot-Rashi.ttf");
}
@font-face {
font-family: "David CLM";
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
src: url("Fonts/DavidCLM-Medium.otf");
}
@font-face {
font-family: "David CLM";
font-weight: bold;
font-style: normal;
src: url("Fonts/DavidCLM-Bold.otf");
}

[KevinH]

Forgive my ignorance here.

This is an example of RTL language, correct.

Assuming that the first screenshot is "how it looks" and the second screenshot is "how it should look":

I loaded your sampleembed.epub and I see the second picture based on the far right first word on the top line.

Is that correct behaviour or broken behaviour?

What version of Sigil are you using and on what platform?

[KevinH]

Good catch. I did not think to even look at the full paths. So the first screenshot is the correct one, right?

Originally Posted by BeckyEbook

If css styles are in root, fonts in "Fonts", you can fix paths to font files:

@font-face {
font-family: "Mekorot-Rashi";
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
src: url("Fonts/Mekorot-Rashi.ttf");
}
@font-face {
font-family: "David CLM";
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
src: url("Fonts/DavidCLM-Medium.otf");
}
@font-face {
font-family: "David CLM";
font-weight: bold;
font-style: normal;
src: url("Fonts/DavidCLM-Bold.otf");
}

[KevinH]

Sometimes, I really think we should change the Sigil default settings to show full epub root relative paths in BookBrowser so that people do not need to use tool-tips to see the path.

Originally Posted by KevinH

Good catch. I did not think to even look at the full paths. So the first screenshot is the correct one, right?

[rinaron]

It worked! Sorry I wasn't clear about which was the correct screen shot. It is the one with the "fancier" font which is called Rashi script (on the left). This is mostly in Aramaic which is written with Hebrew letters (unicode) but the letters are shaped differently. This book is mostly in English but the Rashi script must be embedded or else it comes out looking like Hebrew. I do not know if the readers in the US even have Hebrew fonts. Will using the fonts as you showed work on all ebook readers not just Sigil on my computer? I have Sigil 1.8 and Mac OS Montery, but I also tried it on Windows 10 with the same results.
Thank you so much!

[KevinH]

It shoud. You should go to Sigil Preferences and enable showing full book paths in BookBrowser.

Once you do that, you can more easily see where the css was located, and where the font files are located within the epub, so you can create the proper relative links.

FYI, I think there is a Sigil plugin that makes adding embedded fonts easier.

Do not forget to either obfuscate or subset (or both) that font depending on its licence if need be.

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by KevinH

Sometimes, I really think we should change the Sigil default settings to show full epub root relative paths in BookBrowser so that people do not need to use tool-tips to see the path.

I always leave the full-path in Book Browser preference turned on.

[KevinH]

So do I now. But should we make it the default for new installs?

[DiapDealer]

It might help new users stop making the assumption that the virtual Book Browser groupings are also (always) indicative of the epub's actual file structure.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by KevinH

So do I now. But should we make it the default for new installs?

Yes. If they don't want it, they can turn it off.

[BetterRed]

FWIW - I'd like to be able to toggle show/hide full-path via a menu option or keyboard shortcut. I don't need it most of the time, it just adds clutter. But when I need it I don't like having to change Preferences - which I regard as 'set and forget'.