Fonts

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esagustin013 Author

Level 1

105 points

Fonts

Something to really consider before you future authors start styling your content pages...ask yourself:

Am I choosing a font that is resident on the iPad or is this font only native to my machine?

Apple has an FAQ just or you...be sure you reference this before finalizing for publishing!

Summary

When you create a book with iBooks Author, be sure to use iPad-safe fonts for a consistent user experience.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5072

iOS 5 Font List:

Learn which fonts are used in iOS 5.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4980

iPad 2, iOS 5.0.1

Posted on Jan 19, 2012 9:36 PM

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Answer 1

Jan 19, 2012 10:45 PM in response to esagustin013

This is unfortunate, and I hope that the ability to embed fonts appears in the not so distant future.

Since EPUB3 supports embedding fonts, it's a little confusing that this isn't (yet?) supported in iBooks Author.

Rusty

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Answer 2

Jan Suhr

Level 1

59 points

Jan 20, 2012 5:21 AM in response to Rusty Ross

This is a serious drawback. One thing that will fool you is that you can select non-iPad safe fonts if you click the Fontbutton in the upper right corner of the interface. There you can select and apply all the fonts on your Macs system. I did this because I didn't find the fonts I wanted in the list.

Now I know why...

Hope to see a change soon.

Jan

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Answer 3

Tom Gewecke

Level 10

115,824 points

Jan 20, 2012 5:40 AM in response to Rusty Ross

Rusty Ross wrote:

I hope that the ability to embed fonts appears in the not so distant future.

It would be good to ask for this feature at

http://www.apple.com/feedback/ibooks-author.html

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