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

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Michael R N Dolbear 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?
>
>>>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
>
>
I put small caps font into a MS Word doc, and then converted it to epub 
with AVS Document Converter.  The small caps came out as regular font.

Does this happen with every converter?

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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] ? 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

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