To embed a font into an ePub file, you’ll need to first pick the right font. Reducing the overall font size and embedding only a part of the fonts will not be covered in this article. Please Note: Some fonts are fairly large in size, and will increase the overall document size when embedded. To avoid such issues, it’s a good practice to embed the more exotic fonts used into the document. In this case, a substitute font might be used by the reader, and the intended look and feel of the book would be lost. If a more exotic font is used, that font might not be available on certain readers. Embedding a font that contains characters from the particular language will help maximize the chances that the document is displayed in the intended fashion.Īn eBook designer might feel the need to use a certain font in a document to better help convey the message. If this is the case the document will not be displayed properly.
If a passage of the ePub document, or the whole document is in a language that’s not commonly supported, there is a chance that characters for this language are not available on certain eBook readers. There could be multiple reasons behind embedding a font in an ePub file. *This post has been updated from it’s original version as of * Reasons for embedding a font
