Embed fonts in mobi

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

What is done in most cases now is for the stupid publisher to use a graphic image when they need a character or characters not available in the default font. This is garbage for when the embedded fonts are supported. I know this works with ePub & KF8.

The problem with Kindle eBooks is the dual-format. So, can you embed fonts for use in KF8 and just use the garbage graphic image(s) for Mobi? Do the media queries allow for this?

Hi:

It allows for this, but, it can make line-spacing and other things tricky. Bear in mind that, sure, you can put a "hidden" graphic in that displays for KF7, and not for Kindlebook (KF8), and other solutions, but lately, due to various and sundry updates, I find that KF7 is increasingly supporting a wide number of things that it did not support before. I just did a test on a number of mathematic and logic symbols, and damned if it didn't work. So...hopefully, this type of kluge won't be needed much longer.

Hell, ask @Dag. He does a bunch of workarounds, even those that aren't needed any longer. He probably has the CSS down cold for it.

Hitch

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Hitch

Hi:

It allows for this, but, it can make line-spacing and other things tricky. Bear in mind that, sure, you can put a "hidden" graphic in that displays for KF7, and not for Kindlebook (KF8), and other solutions, but lately, due to various and sundry updates, I find that KF7 is increasingly supporting a wide number of things that it did not support before. I just did a test on a number of mathematic and logic symbols, and damned if it didn't work. So...hopefully, this type of kluge won't be needed much longer.

Hell, ask @Dag. He does a bunch of workarounds, even those that aren't needed any longer. He probably has the CSS down cold for it.

Hitch

So on a Kindle 1st Gen, these new things work?

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

So on a Kindle 1st Gen, these new things work?

Hi:

A first gen? Dunno. I have a first-release K2. I don't have a first-gen. SOMEONE here does, although I don't know who that is.

Hitch

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Hitch

Hi:

A first gen? Dunno. I have a first-release K2. I don't have a first-gen. SOMEONE here does, although I don't know who that is.

Hitch

Do you have to support all the old devices? And speaking of old devices, what about supporting 1st gen iPads or old iPhones with the old broken iBooks?

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Do you have to support all the old devices? And speaking of old devices, what about supporting 1st gen iPads or old iPhones with the old broken iBooks?

We absolutely try to, Wolfie, my sweet. We make sure that every book has fallback. And yes: we test on first-Gen iPads, too. Just because Apple can afford to be so cavalier and discard all first-gens as lost causes, doesn't mean that we can.

Hitch