AAUP 2015Fonts in eBooks

Publishing

Why Embed Fonts?

• Glyph coverage

Why Embed Fonts?

• Glyph coverage• Non-roman foreign languages

Why Embed Fonts?

• Glyph coverage• Non-roman foreign languages • When the font used in the print edition has

typographical significance

Why Embed Fonts?

Publishing

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Example #1

The Ransom Note Effect

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Print

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Fixed

Example #2

Print

eBook

Original CSS

Revised CSS

Adobe Digital Editions

Publishing

Kindle Previewer

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Quality Review

Quality Review

• Check style.

• Check style.• Check content.

Quality Review

• Check style.• Check content.• Check diacritics/foreign languages.

Quality Review

• http://www.sil.org/resources/software_fonts• http://dev.w3.org/webfonts/WOFF/spec/• and lastly…

Resources

https://www.bisg.org/publications/field-guide-fonts-ebooks

Questions?

Thank you!