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Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?

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  Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? John Pelan <jpelan13@gmail.com> - 2015-08-19 20:16 -0700
    Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-08-20 04:05 +0000
      Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2015-08-20 01:41 -0400
        Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-08-20 13:42 +0000
          Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2015-08-20 13:08 -0400
            Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-08-20 17:18 +0000
              Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-08-20 14:54 -0700
                Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2015-08-20 18:05 -0400
              Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) - 2015-08-28 17:32 +0000
                Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-08-28 21:04 +0000
                  Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-08-28 18:38 -0400
                    Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-08-28 21:12 -0600
                      Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2015-08-28 23:40 -0400
                        Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-08-29 06:07 +0000
                      Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-08-29 06:06 -0700
                        Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-08-29 08:18 -0600
                          Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2015-08-29 13:03 -0400
                            Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-08-29 15:58 -0600
                          Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@sometimes.sessile.org> - 2015-08-29 22:27 +0100
                  Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? "Michael R N Dolbear" <me@privacy.net> - 2015-08-29 01:00 +0100
                    Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-08-29 00:39 +0000
                      Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? "Michael R N Dolbear" <me@privacy.net> - 2015-08-29 16:56 +0100
                        Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-08-29 16:48 +0000
                        Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-08-29 12:24 -0700
                          Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-08-29 20:21 +0000
                            Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) - 2015-08-29 21:27 +0000
                              Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-08-29 23:00 +0000
                                Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) - 2015-08-30 02:38 +0000
                                  Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-08-30 12:35 -0400
                                    Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-08-31 01:19 +0000
                                      Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-08-30 22:50 -0400
                            Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-08-29 16:13 -0600
                              Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-08-29 17:24 -0700
                              Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-08-31 18:11 +0000
                                Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? "Michael R N Dolbear" <me@privacy.net> - 2015-08-31 20:20 +0100
                                  Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-09-01 00:44 +0000
                                    Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2015-08-31 22:27 -0500
                                      Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-09-01 04:51 +0000
                                    Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@sometimes.sessile.org> - 2015-09-01 10:50 +0100
                                      Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-09-01 14:55 +0000
                                        Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-09-01 15:12 +0000
                                          Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-09-01 15:46 +0000
                                            Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@sometimes.sessile.org> - 2015-09-04 00:04 +0100
                                Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-08-31 19:22 +0000
                                  Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? "John F. Eldredge" <john@jfeldredge.com> - 2015-09-07 17:15 +0000
                                Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-08-31 23:22 -0400
                                  Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-09-01 17:57 +0000
                                    Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-09-01 18:09 +0000
                                      Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-09-01 18:23 +0000
                                        Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2015-09-01 14:04 -0700
                                          Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-09-01 23:27 +0000
                                            Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2015-09-01 19:29 -0700
                                              Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2015-09-01 19:49 -0700
                                              Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-09-02 02:55 +0000
                                                Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 05:29 -0400
                                                  Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-09-02 12:11 +0000
                                                    Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? "Michael R N Dolbear" <me@privacy.net> - 2015-09-02 16:47 +0100
                                                Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? Torbjorn Lindgren <tl@none.invalid> - 2015-09-02 23:51 +0000
                                                  Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-09-03 01:45 +0000
                                              Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-09-02 07:03 -0700
                                                Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-09-02 14:14 +0000
                                        Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? news{@bestley.co.uk (Mark Bestley) - 2015-09-02 10:22 +0100
                                          Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-09-02 12:14 +0000
                                    Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-09-01 16:42 -0600
                                      Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2015-09-01 16:12 -0700
                                    Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? "Michael R N Dolbear" <me@privacy.net> - 2015-09-02 00:00 +0100
                                    Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-09-01 19:24 -0400
                                      Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-09-01 23:29 +0000
                                        Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? "Michael R N Dolbear" <me@privacy.net> - 2015-09-02 16:52 +0100
                                    Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2015-09-01 20:01 -0500
                        Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? William Vetter <mdhangton@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 19:33 -0400
                          Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@sometimes.sessile.org> - 2015-09-04 00:08 +0100
                      Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-08-30 12:32 -0400
      Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ? David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2015-08-20 12:02 -0500

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#421402

Fromdjheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Date2015-08-29 00:39 +0000
Message-ID<nttJ69.Bwz@kithrup.com>
In reply to#421397
In article <d4cb0iFgbchU1@mid.individual.net>,
Michael R N Dolbear <m.dolbear@physics.org> wrote:
>
>"Dorothy J Heydt"  wrote
>
>> James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
>
>>>I can tell you there's an audience for The Interior Life. Get it back in
>>>print and I will promote it on my site.
>
>> Well, I'll tellya.  I am begining to think about it, having been
>reassured by my daughter that *I* will not have to do any
>marketing whatsoever, she and her friends (who include Seanan
>McGuire) will do it by word-of-mouth, or rather, by word-of-net.
>
>> But the problem is finding an e-platform that will support three
>different sets of fonts (roman and italic for each).  Do you know
>of any?
>
>Well the first step is to generate a proof of concept as a RTF or DOC file 
>using three fonts
>
>Is there one or two chapters in TIL that use three that you can call out ?

The best example would be right at the end of Chapter Last, where
the fonts are switching about in mid-sentence.  I can make up an
RTF file of a couple sample paragraph if you like.  What should I
do with them then?
>
>This can then be converted to say ePUB and checked

Except I haven't the foggiest how to do that.  Maybe Meg or
Seanan do.
>
>> (Kindle is definitely out, since they allow the *reader* to
>choose different fonts, but they would all be the same font per
>reader.  I figured that out even before Graydon Saunders, whom I
>have never met but whom, based on his work, I place not far from
>the left hand of God, told me that his ancestors would all rise
>up and haunt him if he published with Kindle, or words to that effect.)
>
>Even this violation of the laws of creation may be possible since Kindle now 
>has a (embedded) Publisher's font option which a small pub who provides 
>Kindle compatible ebooks may be able to access.

Well, if you can find out more about this feature, do please let
me know.

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Should you wish to email me, you'd better use the gmail edress.
Kithrup's all spammy and hotmail's been hacked.

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#421466 — Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?

From"Michael R N Dolbear" <me@privacy.net>
Date2015-08-29 16:56 +0100
SubjectMultiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?
Message-ID<d4e30tFtb03U1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#421402
"Dorothy J Heydt"  wrote

> Michael R N Dolbear <m.dolbear@physics.org> wrote:

>> But the problem is finding an e-platform that will support three
>different sets of fonts (roman and italic for each).  Do you know
>of any?
>
>Well the first step is to generate a proof of concept as a RTF or DOC file
>using three fonts

>Is there one or two chapters in TIL that use three that you can call out ?

>> The best example would be right at the end of Chapter Last, where
the fonts are switching about in mid-sentence.  I can make up an
RTF file of a couple sample paragraph if you like.  What should I
do with them then?

>>This can then be converted to say ePUB and checked

> Except I haven't the foggiest how to do that.  Maybe Meg or Seanan do.

It occurs to me that using colour rather than font would be a good start 
though of course only a computer or tablet (or phone) screen would show it.

So assign each text type a different style
define three styles a different text colour black, red, green say
And assign each text type a different style

Call up
http://convertfiles.com/
and ask it to convert to ePub

There is a free Firefox add-on EPUBReader which you can then use to see 
what's what
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/user/epubreader/?src=api

If this works you could have the styles specify different fonts too and 
certainly the scan and mark up stage would be lots easier to debug if you 
had the result in colours.

>>> (Kindle is definitely out, since they allow the *reader* to
>choose different fonts, but they would all be the same font per
>reader.  I figured that out even before Graydon Saunders, whom I
>have never met but whom, based on his work, I place not far from
>the left hand of God, told me that his ancestors would all rise
>up and haunt him if he published with Kindle, or words to that effect.)

> >Even this violation of the laws of creation may be possible since Kindle 
> >now
>has a (embedded) Publisher's font option which a small pub who provides
>Kindle compatible ebooks may be able to access.

> Well, if you can find out more about this feature, do please let
me know.

This is really very much in the "ring a friendly geek" area, but this expert 
says

The fonts render as expected in major reading systems such as NOOK, iBooks, 
Adobe Digital Editions, and even Amazon’s Kindle Fire (after conversion to 
KF8 via KindleGen).[7]

He also mentions that if the fonts you choose are not embedded the ePub will 
work on a computer that has those fonts but a tablet or ereader without them 
will be forced to substitute which won't turn out well. Hence all the 
palaver.

http://epubzone.org/news/epub-3-font-embedding-and-licensing

also
http://pandoc.org/epub.html


-- -- 
Mike D 

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#421475 — Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?

Fromdjheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Date2015-08-29 16:48 +0000
SubjectRe: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?
Message-ID<ntus15.oIL@kithrup.com>
In reply to#421466
In article <d4e30tFtb03U1@mid.individual.net>,
Michael R N Dolbear <m.dolbear@physics.org> wrote:
>
>"Dorothy J Heydt"  wrote
>
>> Michael R N Dolbear <m.dolbear@physics.org> wrote:
>
>>> But the problem is finding an e-platform that will support three
>>different sets of fonts (roman and italic for each).  Do you know
>>of any?
>>
>>Well the first step is to generate a proof of concept as a RTF or DOC file
>>using three fonts
>
>>Is there one or two chapters in TIL that use three that you can call out ?
>
>>> The best example would be right at the end of Chapter Last, where
>the fonts are switching about in mid-sentence.  I can make up an
>RTF file of a couple sample paragraph if you like.  What should I
>do with them then?

I have now made a file to those specs.  I got a message when I
tried to save it in .rtf, to the effect of "some of this
formatting may not work in .rtf, are you sure you don't want to
save it in .odt?"  But I saved it in .rtf and it seems to look
all right.

My husband points out that in the end it's not a question of what
fonts I can find in OpenOffice, but of what fonts the e-platform
has.  But that's a couple problems down the road.
>
>>>This can then be converted to say ePUB and checked
>
>> Except I haven't the foggiest how to do that.  Maybe Meg or Seanan do.
>
>It occurs to me that using colour rather than font would be a good start 
>though of course only a computer or tablet (or phone) screen would show it.
>
>So assign each text type a different style
>define three styles a different text colour black, red, green say
>And assign each text type a different style

Oh, please, no.  When I was writing _TIL_ my son suggested --
tongue in cheek, I *think* -- that I format it in different
colors.  I said No in a very loud voice.  Wossname's _The
Neverending Story_ was printed in two colors in hardback and it
looked awful.  Never mind that I have NO clue how to format in
colors.
>
>Call up
>http://convertfiles.com/
>and ask it to convert to ePub
>
>There is a free Firefox add-on EPUBReader which you can then use to see 
>what's what
>https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/user/epubreader/?src=api

I'll run these past my daughter.  She uses Firefox; I don't.
>
>If this works you could have the styles specify different fonts too and 
>certainly the scan and mark up stage would be lots easier to debug if you 
>had the result in colours.
>
>>>> (Kindle is definitely out, since they allow the *reader* to
>>choose different fonts, but they would all be the same font per
>>reader.  I figured that out even before Graydon Saunders, whom I
>>have never met but whom, based on his work, I place not far from
>>the left hand of God, told me that his ancestors would all rise
>>up and haunt him if he published with Kindle, or words to that effect.)
>
>> >Even this violation of the laws of creation may be possible since Kindle 
>> >now
>>has a (embedded) Publisher's font option which a small pub who provides
>>Kindle compatible ebooks may be able to access.
>
>> Well, if you can find out more about this feature, do please let
>me know.
>
>This is really very much in the "ring a friendly geek" area, but this expert 
>says
>
>The fonts render as expected in major reading systems such as NOOK, iBooks, 
>Adobe Digital Editions, and even Amazon’s Kindle Fire (after conversion to 
>KF8 via KindleGen).[7]
>
>He also mentions that if the fonts you choose are not embedded the ePub will 
>work on a computer that has those fonts but a tablet or ereader without them 
>will be forced to substitute which won't turn out well. Hence all the 
>palaver.
>
>http://epubzone.org/news/epub-3-font-embedding-and-licensing
>
>also
>http://pandoc.org/epub.html

Thanks, Mike; I'll see if Meg can make sense of this; and if not,
maybe Seanan can.

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Should you wish to email me, you'd better use the gmail edress.
Kithrup's all spammy and hotmail's been hacked.

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#421496 — Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?

FromRobert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com>
Date2015-08-29 12:24 -0700
SubjectRe: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?
Message-ID<bdcbdd35-75ac-436e-9119-60cfe1c90d2d@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#421466
On Saturday, 29 August 2015 16:56:16 UTC+1, Michael R N Dolbear  wrote:
> "Dorothy J Heydt"  wrote
> >> The best example would be right at the end of Chapter Last, where
> the fonts are switching about in mid-sentence.  I can make up an
> RTF file of a couple sample paragraph if you like.  What should I
> do with them then?
> 
> It occurs to me that using colour rather than font would be a good start 
> though of course only a computer or tablet (or phone) screen would show it.

Or, motion?  (I haven't read the book, so I'm a potential
customer.  So, why am I making stupid suggestions...)

Wikipedia says Internet Explorer still supports the
"marquee" function, and, rather grudgingly, other 
browsers do as well.

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#421502 — Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?

Fromdjheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Date2015-08-29 20:21 +0000
SubjectRe: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?
Message-ID<ntv1vI.162n@kithrup.com>
In reply to#421496
In article <bdcbdd35-75ac-436e-9119-60cfe1c90d2d@googlegroups.com>,
Robert Carnegie  <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>On Saturday, 29 August 2015 16:56:16 UTC+1, Michael R N Dolbear  wrote:
>> "Dorothy J Heydt"  wrote
>> >> The best example would be right at the end of Chapter Last, where
>> the fonts are switching about in mid-sentence.  I can make up an
>> RTF file of a couple sample paragraph if you like.  What should I
>> do with them then?
>> 
>> It occurs to me that using colour rather than font would be a good start 
>> though of course only a computer or tablet (or phone) screen would show it.
>
>Or, motion?  (I haven't read the book, so I'm a potential
>customer.  So, why am I making stupid suggestions...)

Motion?  Please tell me you don't mean text that jumps up and
down, as in the very worst online advertisements.
>
>Wikipedia says Internet Explorer still supports the
>"marquee" function, and, rather grudgingly, other 
>browsers do as well.

Can you define "marquee"?  I know from *nothing* about all these
things.

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Should you wish to email me, you'd better use the gmail edress.
Kithrup's all spammy and hotmail's been hacked.

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#421507 — Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?

Fromnebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus)
Date2015-08-29 21:27 +0000
SubjectRe: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?
Message-ID<mrt84b$72o$1@reader1.panix.com>
In reply to#421502
In <ntv1vI.162n@kithrup.com> djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) writes:

>In article <bdcbdd35-75ac-436e-9119-60cfe1c90d2d@googlegroups.com>,
>Robert Carnegie  <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:

>>Wikipedia says Internet Explorer still supports the
>>"marquee" function, and, rather grudgingly, other 
>>browsers do as well.

>Can you define "marquee"?  I know from *nothing* about all these
>things.

        That is text that moves linearly, the way you see marquees in 
Times Square or at the bottom of news programs do.  So that at one 
moment the line of text will look like:

          NEW STAR TREK MOVIE FILMING AT QUARRY - DOCTOR WHO CAMEO IN

and a moment later it will look like:

    NEW STAR TREK MOVIE FILMING AT QUARRY - DOCTOR WHO CAMEO IN FILM?

and a moment after that the line will look like:

VIE FILMING AT QUARRY - DOCTOR WHO CAMEO IN FILM?    NEW STAR TREK MO

and a moment later it will be obscured because you are looking through 
options to turn off marquee text because it is the worst.  

-- 
                                                                Joseph Nebus
 Math: Do You Have To Understand This?                  http://wp.me/p1RYhY-QE
Humor: iTunes, At Sixteen                               http://wp.me/p37lb5-WQ
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#421514 — Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?

Fromdjheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Date2015-08-29 23:00 +0000
SubjectRe: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?
Message-ID<ntv999.1IDz@kithrup.com>
In reply to#421507
In article <mrt84b$72o$1@reader1.panix.com>,
Joseph Nebus <nebusj-@-rpi-.edu> wrote:
>In <ntv1vI.162n@kithrup.com> djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) writes:
>
>>In article <bdcbdd35-75ac-436e-9119-60cfe1c90d2d@googlegroups.com>,
>>Robert Carnegie  <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>
>>>Wikipedia says Internet Explorer still supports the
>>>"marquee" function, and, rather grudgingly, other 
>>>browsers do as well.
>
>>Can you define "marquee"?  I know from *nothing* about all these
>>things.
>
>        That is text that moves linearly, the way you see marquees in 
>Times Square or at the bottom of news programs do.  So that at one 
>moment the line of text will look like:
>
>          NEW STAR TREK MOVIE FILMING AT QUARRY - DOCTOR WHO CAMEO IN
>
>and a moment later it will look like:
>
>    NEW STAR TREK MOVIE FILMING AT QUARRY - DOCTOR WHO CAMEO IN FILM?
>
>and a moment after that the line will look like:
>
>VIE FILMING AT QUARRY - DOCTOR WHO CAMEO IN FILM?    NEW STAR TREK MO
>
>and a moment later it will be obscured because you are looking through 
>options to turn off marquee text because it is the worst.  

Sounds *awful.*  Thanks.  One more thing I know to avoid.

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Should you wish to email me, you'd better use the gmail edress.
Kithrup's all spammy and hotmail's been hacked.

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#421522 — Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?

Fromnebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus)
Date2015-08-30 02:38 +0000
SubjectRe: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?
Message-ID<mrtqb7$dva$2@reader1.panix.com>
In reply to#421514
In <ntv999.1IDz@kithrup.com> djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) writes:

>In article <mrt84b$72o$1@reader1.panix.com>,
>Joseph Nebus <nebusj-@-rpi-.edu> wrote:

>>          NEW STAR TREK MOVIE FILMING AT QUARRY - DOCTOR WHO CAMEO IN
>>
>>and a moment later it will look like:
>>
>>    NEW STAR TREK MOVIE FILMING AT QUARRY - DOCTOR WHO CAMEO IN FILM?
>>
>>and a moment after that the line will look like:
>>
>>VIE FILMING AT QUARRY - DOCTOR WHO CAMEO IN FILM?    NEW STAR TREK MO
>>
>>and a moment later it will be obscured because you are looking through 
>>options to turn off marquee text because it is the worst.  

>Sounds *awful.*  Thanks.  One more thing I know to avoid.

        Oh, I'm looking forward to it, actually.  I have a lot of 
problems with the New Trek films, but they've done a good job at 
setting up stories with energy and vitality, in which the characters 
seem to care whether they live or die.  Compared to the inert lumps of 
the Next Generation films that's worth it even if the stories don't 
make sense.  So, whatever the new Trek movie is doing in a quarry, I'm 
optimistic.  

-- 
                                                                Joseph Nebus
 Math: Do You Have To Understand This?                  http://wp.me/p1RYhY-QE
Humor: iTunes, At Sixteen                               http://wp.me/p37lb5-WQ
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#421556 — Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?

Fromwdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr)
Date2015-08-30 12:35 -0400
SubjectRe: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?
Message-ID<mrvbde$b0r$1@panix2.panix.com>
In reply to#421522
In article <mrtqb7$dva$2@reader1.panix.com>,
nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) said:

> djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) writes:
>> Joseph Nebus <nebusj-@-rpi-.edu> wrote:
>>
>>>    NEW STAR TREK MOVIE FILMING AT QUARRY - DOCTOR WHO CAMEO IN FILM?
>>>
>>> and a moment after that the line will look like:
>>>
>>> VIE FILMING AT QUARRY - DOCTOR WHO CAMEO IN FILM?    NEW STAR TREK MO
>>>
>>> and a moment later it will be obscured because you are looking through
>>> options to turn off marquee text because it is the worst.
>>
>> Sounds *awful.*  Thanks.  One more thing I know to avoid.
>
> Oh, I'm looking forward to it, actually.  I have a lot of problems
> with the New Trek films, but they've done a good job at setting up
> stories with energy and vitality, in which the characters seem to
> care whether they live or die.  Compared to the inert lumps of the
> Next Generation films that's worth it even if the stories don't
> make sense.  So, whatever the new Trek movie is doing in a quarry,
> I'm optimistic.

"Oh look. Rocks."

(By the way, I'm pretty sure Dorothy was talking about avoiding
marquee text, not Trek_B.03.)

-- wds

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#421596 — Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?

Fromdjheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Date2015-08-31 01:19 +0000
SubjectRe: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?
Message-ID<ntxAC4.15Cs@kithrup.com>
In reply to#421556
In article <mrvbde$b0r$1@panix2.panix.com>,
William December Starr <wdstarr@panix.com> wrote:
>In article <mrtqb7$dva$2@reader1.panix.com>,
>nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) said:
>
>> djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) writes:
>>> Joseph Nebus <nebusj-@-rpi-.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>>    NEW STAR TREK MOVIE FILMING AT QUARRY - DOCTOR WHO CAMEO IN FILM?
>>>>
>>>> and a moment after that the line will look like:
>>>>
>>>> VIE FILMING AT QUARRY - DOCTOR WHO CAMEO IN FILM?    NEW STAR TREK MO
>>>>
>>>> and a moment later it will be obscured because you are looking through
>>>> options to turn off marquee text because it is the worst.
>>>
>>> Sounds *awful.*  Thanks.  One more thing I know to avoid.
>>
>> Oh, I'm looking forward to it, actually.  I have a lot of problems
>> with the New Trek films, but they've done a good job at setting up
>> stories with energy and vitality, in which the characters seem to
>> care whether they live or die.  Compared to the inert lumps of the
>> Next Generation films that's worth it even if the stories don't
>> make sense.  So, whatever the new Trek movie is doing in a quarry,
>> I'm optimistic.
>
>"Oh look. Rocks."
>
>(By the way, I'm pretty sure Dorothy was talking about avoiding
>marquee text, not Trek_B.03.)

Yes.  I haven't seen a Trek movie in a long time; I don't get out
of the house much.

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Should you wish to email me, you'd better use the gmail edress.
Kithrup's all spammy and hotmail's been hacked.

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#421602 — Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?

From"J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com>
Date2015-08-30 22:50 -0400
SubjectRe: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?
Message-ID<MPG.304d8ae7d41dd0c1989af7@news.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#421596
In article <ntxAC4.15Cs@kithrup.com>, djheydt@kithrup.com says...
> 
> In article <mrvbde$b0r$1@panix2.panix.com>,
> William December Starr <wdstarr@panix.com> wrote:
> >In article <mrtqb7$dva$2@reader1.panix.com>,
> >nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) said:
> >
> >> djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) writes:
> >>> Joseph Nebus <nebusj-@-rpi-.edu> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>    NEW STAR TREK MOVIE FILMING AT QUARRY - DOCTOR WHO CAMEO IN FILM?
> >>>>
> >>>> and a moment after that the line will look like:
> >>>>
> >>>> VIE FILMING AT QUARRY - DOCTOR WHO CAMEO IN FILM?    NEW STAR TREK MO
> >>>>
> >>>> and a moment later it will be obscured because you are looking through
> >>>> options to turn off marquee text because it is the worst.
> >>>
> >>> Sounds *awful.*  Thanks.  One more thing I know to avoid.
> >>
> >> Oh, I'm looking forward to it, actually.  I have a lot of problems
> >> with the New Trek films, but they've done a good job at setting up
> >> stories with energy and vitality, in which the characters seem to
> >> care whether they live or die.  Compared to the inert lumps of the
> >> Next Generation films that's worth it even if the stories don't
> >> make sense.  So, whatever the new Trek movie is doing in a quarry,
> >> I'm optimistic.
> >
> >"Oh look. Rocks."
> >
> >(By the way, I'm pretty sure Dorothy was talking about avoiding
> >marquee text, not Trek_B.03.)
> 
> Yes.  I haven't seen a Trek movie in a long time; I don't get out
> of the house much.

To be honest you haven't missed much.

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#421513 — Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?

FromGreg Goss <gossg@gossg.org>
Date2015-08-29 16:13 -0600
SubjectRe: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?
Message-ID<d4ep51F49tdU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#421502
djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote:
>Robert Carnegie  <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:

>>Or, motion?  (I haven't read the book, so I'm a potential
>>customer.  So, why am I making stupid suggestions...)
>
>Motion?  Please tell me you don't mean text that jumps up and
>down, as in the very worst online advertisements.

No, he means like in the second-worst kind of ads.  Text that scrolls
sideways like the classic Times Square news headlines is called
"marquee".

And most hardware e-readers get their long battery life from a screen
technology that depends on stuff not changing for long periods. 
-- 
We are geeks.  Resistance is voltage over current.

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#421518 — Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?

FromRobert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com>
Date2015-08-29 17:24 -0700
SubjectRe: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?
Message-ID<b2aa8f4d-5f91-4aad-9e67-f4d443344541@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#421513
On Saturday, 29 August 2015 23:13:57 UTC+1, Greg Goss  wrote:
> djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote:
> >Robert Carnegie  <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
> 
> >>Or, motion?  (I haven't read the book, so I'm a potential
> >>customer.  So, why am I making stupid suggestions...)
> >
> >Motion?  Please tell me you don't mean text that jumps up and
> >down, as in the very worst online advertisements.
> 
> No, he means like in the second-worst kind of ads.  Text that scrolls
> sideways like the classic Times Square news headlines is called
> "marquee".

The Wikipedia article indicates that vertical motion
is possible.  I don't know what that looks like, maybe
a mechanical car odometer or utility meter?

> And most hardware e-readers get their long battery life from a screen
> technology that depends on stuff not changing for long periods. 

You could instead gently shake the screen... hmm, no.  ;-)

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#421656 — Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?

Fromdjheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Date2015-08-31 18:11 +0000
SubjectRe: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?
Message-ID<ntyL7s.1o28@kithrup.com>
In reply to#421513
Well, guys, it looks as if there is no e-format anybody can think
of, except PDF, that will use different fonts -- and PDFs won't
work on handhelds.  Except if the user knows about some weird
software that will turn PDFs into handheld-readable, which I
can't expect your basic user to know about.

Thanks for the thoughts, anyway.

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Should you wish to email me, you'd better use the gmail edress.
Kithrup's all spammy and hotmail's been hacked.

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#421658 — Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?

From"Michael R N Dolbear" <me@privacy.net>
Date2015-08-31 20:20 +0100
SubjectRe: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?
Message-ID<d4jnnkFbfoaU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#421656
"Dorothy J Heydt"  wrote


> Well, guys, it looks as if there is no e-format anybody can think
of, except PDF, that will use different fonts -- and PDFs won't
work on handhelds.  Except if the user knows about some weird
software that will turn PDFs into handheld-readable, which I
can't expect your basic user to know about.

> Thanks for the thoughts, anyway.

Huh ?

Did you get a authoritative statement that EPub with embedded fonts can't do 
it ?


Also, PDFs can have an reflowable mode which theoretically can deal with the 
variable size screen problem.

I have never seen a PDF document where that was actually available (not 
greyed out on the menu) though.

http://www.adobe.com/uk/epaper/tips/acr5reflow/
To accommodate readers with limited desktop space, you can provide them with 
Adobe PDF documents that can be reflowed into any sized Adobe® Acrobat® 
window. In a reflowed document, text remains at its original size even when 
the window size changes, so that it's easier to view.
==
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/digital/otp/help/reflowable_text._V7985931_.html
vast majority of PDF files have a fixed layout, but occasionally some PDFs 
can contain extensions to make them reflowable.
==

I Googled [reflowable pdf creator] but most references were for converting 
/from/ PDF


-- -- 
Mike D 

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#421674 — Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?

Fromdjheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Date2015-09-01 00:44 +0000
SubjectRe: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?
Message-ID<ntz3DC.GEw@kithrup.com>
In reply to#421658
In article <d4jnnkFbfoaU1@mid.individual.net>,
Michael R N Dolbear <m.dolbear@physics.org> wrote:
>"Dorothy J Heydt"  wrote
>
>
>> Well, guys, it looks as if there is no e-format anybody can think
>of, except PDF, that will use different fonts -- and PDFs won't
>work on handhelds.  Except if the user knows about some weird
>software that will turn PDFs into handheld-readable, which I
>can't expect your basic user to know about.
>
>> Thanks for the thoughts, anyway.
>
>Huh ?
>
>Did you get a authoritative statement that EPub with embedded fonts can't do 
>it ?

I do not know how to do epub  I have no idea what it will or
won't do.
>
>Also, PDFs can have an reflowable mode which theoretically can deal with the 
>variable size screen problem.

Yes, but unless I've completely misunderstood somebody, the
*user* has to know this mode to make it work.

>I have never seen a PDF document where that was actually available (not 
>greyed out on the menu) though.
>
>http://www.adobe.com/uk/epaper/tips/acr5reflow/
>To accommodate readers with limited desktop space, you can provide them with 
>Adobe PDF documents that can be reflowed into any sized Adobe® Acrobat® 
>window. In a reflowed document, text remains at its original size even when 
>the window size changes, so that it's easier to view.
>==
>https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/digital/otp/help/reflowable_text._V7985931_.html
>vast majority of PDF files have a fixed layout, but occasionally some PDFs 
>can contain extensions to make them reflowable.
>==
>
>I Googled [reflowable pdf creator] but most references were for converting 
>/from/ PDF
>

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Should you wish to email me, you'd better use the gmail edress.
Kithrup's all spammy and hotmail's been hacked.

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#421678 — Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?

FromCryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com>
Date2015-08-31 22:27 -0500
SubjectRe: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?
Message-ID<XnsA507EE9463E8Dmelchizedek@216.166.97.131>
In reply to#421674
djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote in
news:ntz3DC.GEw@kithrup.com: 

> In article <d4jnnkFbfoaU1@mid.individual.net>,
> Michael R N Dolbear <m.dolbear@physics.org> wrote:
>>"Dorothy J Heydt"  wrote
>>
>>
>>> Well, guys, it looks as if there is no e-format anybody can think
>>of, except PDF, that will use different fonts -- and PDFs won't
>>work on handhelds.  Except if the user knows about some weird
>>software that will turn PDFs into handheld-readable, which I
>>can't expect your basic user to know about.
>>
>>> Thanks for the thoughts, anyway.
>>
>>Huh ?
>>
>>Did you get a authoritative statement that EPub with embedded fonts
>>can't do it ?
> 
> I do not know how to do epub  I have no idea what it will or
> won't do.
>>
>>Also, PDFs can have an reflowable mode which theoretically can deal
>>with the variable size screen problem.
> 
> Yes, but unless I've completely misunderstood somebody, the
> *user* has to know this mode to make it work.

A mode you could inform them of in the first page.

pt

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#421681 — Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?

Fromdjheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Date2015-09-01 04:51 +0000
SubjectRe: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?
Message-ID<ntzEun.108E@kithrup.com>
In reply to#421678
In article <XnsA507EE9463E8Dmelchizedek@216.166.97.131>,
Cryptoengineer  <treifamily@gmail.com> wrote:
>djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote in
>news:ntz3DC.GEw@kithrup.com: 
>
>> In article <d4jnnkFbfoaU1@mid.individual.net>,
>> Michael R N Dolbear <m.dolbear@physics.org> wrote:
>>>"Dorothy J Heydt"  wrote
>>>
>>>
>>>> Well, guys, it looks as if there is no e-format anybody can think
>>>of, except PDF, that will use different fonts -- and PDFs won't
>>>work on handhelds.  Except if the user knows about some weird
>>>software that will turn PDFs into handheld-readable, which I
>>>can't expect your basic user to know about.
>>>
>>>> Thanks for the thoughts, anyway.
>>>
>>>Huh ?
>>>
>>>Did you get a authoritative statement that EPub with embedded fonts
>>>can't do it ?
>> 
>> I do not know how to do epub  I have no idea what it will or
>> won't do.
>>>
>>>Also, PDFs can have an reflowable mode which theoretically can deal
>>>with the variable size screen problem.
>> 
>> Yes, but unless I've completely misunderstood somebody, the
>> *user* has to know this mode to make it work.
>
>A mode you could inform them of in the first page.

By way of a preface, you mean?  "In order to read this book
properly, please install [link]" ?

Would that work, actually, or would all virus-fearing users say
"Oh no you don't" and shut the whole thing down?

I have asked my daughter to take a look at all this sometime;
trouble is, she has a crappy job that pays peanuts by the hour,
and an hour-and-a-half commute.  By the time she gets home she's
tired and crabby, as who wouldn't be.

I just took a look at the Wikipedia entry for epub.  That
swishing noise you hear is it going straight over my head.  Maybe
I should get Hal to take a look?  He might at least be able to
figure out the article.  (That's how I learned UNIX, many years
ago.  I didn't know UNIX, Hal didn't know UNIX, but *he knew how
to read computer manuals.*)

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Should you wish to email me, you'd better use the gmail edress.
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#421686 — Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?

FromJaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@sometimes.sessile.org>
Date2015-09-01 10:50 +0100
SubjectRe: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?
Message-ID<2osauapuucqrfcjqmu8sag74f84eufu57q@4ax.com>
In reply to#421674
On Tue, 1 Sep 2015 00:44:00 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
wrote:

>In article <d4jnnkFbfoaU1@mid.individual.net>,
>Michael R N Dolbear <m.dolbear@physics.org> wrote:
>>"Dorothy J Heydt"  wrote
>>
>>
>>> Well, guys, it looks as if there is no e-format anybody can think
>>of, except PDF, that will use different fonts -- and PDFs won't
>>work on handhelds.  Except if the user knows about some weird
>>software that will turn PDFs into handheld-readable, which I
>>can't expect your basic user to know about.
>>
>>> Thanks for the thoughts, anyway.
>>
>>Huh ?
>>
>>Did you get a authoritative statement that EPub with embedded fonts can't do 
>>it ?
>
>I do not know how to do epub  I have no idea what it will or
>won't do.

epub with embedded fonts should work for most readers. The dependency is
that their reading device/software must support embedded fonts. 

Kindle doesn't support epub so use reflowable PDF for them. I suspect
many people who are *not* using Kindle will be savvy enough to find out
if their platform does. I'd suggest having a short downloadable test
epub with the fonts in that people could try.

>>Also, PDFs can have an reflowable mode which theoretically can deal with the 
>>variable size screen problem.
>
>Yes, but unless I've completely misunderstood somebody, the
>*user* has to know this mode to make it work.

Nope, the reader software again needs to support it. Kindle does, dunno
about others.

Note that you have a test audience here - many of us have a variety of
ereaders. If you - or someone else - gets to the stage of being able to
create a test file, we can vet it.

	Cheers - Jaimie
-- 
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is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion,
English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious 
and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."            -- James Nicoll, rasfw
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#421700 — Re: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?

Fromdjheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Date2015-09-01 14:55 +0000
SubjectRe: Multiple Fonts for TIL was Re: Complete Collected Stories of [Author] ?
Message-ID<nu06sp.Mnu@kithrup.com>
In reply to#421686
In article <2osauapuucqrfcjqmu8sag74f84eufu57q@4ax.com>,
Jaimie Vandenbergh  <jaimie@sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
>On Tue, 1 Sep 2015 00:44:00 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
>wrote:
>
>>In article <d4jnnkFbfoaU1@mid.individual.net>,
>>Michael R N Dolbear <m.dolbear@physics.org> wrote:
>>>"Dorothy J Heydt"  wrote
>>>
>>>
>>>> Well, guys, it looks as if there is no e-format anybody can think
>>>of, except PDF, that will use different fonts -- and PDFs won't
>>>work on handhelds.  Except if the user knows about some weird
>>>software that will turn PDFs into handheld-readable, which I
>>>can't expect your basic user to know about.
>>>
>>>> Thanks for the thoughts, anyway.
>>>
>>>Huh ?
>>>
>>>Did you get a authoritative statement that EPub with embedded fonts can't do 
>>>it ?
>>
>>I do not know how to do epub  I have no idea what it will or
>>won't do.
>
>epub with embedded fonts should work for most readers. The dependency is
>that their reading device/software must support embedded fonts. 
>
>Kindle doesn't support epub so use reflowable PDF for them. I suspect
>many people who are *not* using Kindle will be savvy enough to find out
>if their platform does. I'd suggest having a short downloadable test
>epub with the fonts in that people could try.
>
>>>Also, PDFs can have an reflowable mode which theoretically can deal with the 
>>>variable size screen problem.
>>
>>Yes, but unless I've completely misunderstood somebody, the
>>*user* has to know this mode to make it work.
>
>Nope, the reader software again needs to support it. Kindle does, dunno
>about others.
>
>Note that you have a test audience here - many of us have a variety of
>ereaders. If you - or someone else - gets to the stage of being able to
>create a test file, we can vet it.
>
Okay, I have a test file in .rtf.  I need to find SOMEbody who
can read the epub documentation (which, I observe, is online)
well enough to teach me the rudiments of turning an .rtf file
into .epub.  I've already mentioned how my daughter has what
amounts (with commute time) to a thirteen-hour work day, and when
she gets home all she wants to do is sit down and watch NCIS
while she works on her embroidery.  :)

Maybe I can drag Hal away from LotRO and his blog-watching long
enough to read the stuff.  LotRO I can always join him in; it's
the blogs that are the problem.

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Should you wish to email me, you'd better use the gmail edress.
Kithrup's all spammy and hotmail's been hacked.

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