05-24-2019, 12:22 PM | #1 |
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png or text?
The inside title page for a book I'm working on has an image at the top of the page that's 4 letters in all caps. It's in a grungy font. The image is 778 x 234 pixels. I found a similar font and to make it the same size it's 8em.
I'm guessing that it would be better to use text instead of the png since the text will always scale nicely? |
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But I do think text would be preferable. If the font is reasonably close, I don't see that it would be objectionable. |
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05-24-2019, 01:03 PM | #3 |
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You could also convert text to an SVG image with Inkscape following GrannyGrump's very detailed tutorial.
Alternatively, you could even reference an embedded font in an .svg image. Note that my test file won't display correctly with Sigil, but it'll display fine with ADE 2.0.1 and higher. (I've attached an ADE 2.0.1 screen shot.) |
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I assumed that Doitsu was thinking of the more general case of oddball text that wouldn't display properly.
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You could use Calibre Polish or my SubsetFonts Sigil plugin to subset fonts. (Obviously, you'll also need to create a test book that contains only the characters that you need and then transfer the subset font to the actual book.)
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