John Potts

Q: puzzled by fonts

I'm do some preliminary drafting, formatting, layouting etc in iBooks Author, and want to choose a good font or fonts for the book. I'm puzzled that in the drop-down Fonts menu in iBA, I don't see the four new fonts that Apple added to the iBooks app some months ago, namely Athelas, Charter, Iowan and Seravek. I'm equally puzzled that in iBooks, readers are offered only 7 fonts to choose from - the four just named, plus Georgia, Palatino and Times New Roman.

 

Why this discrepancy? Why are four (new) iBooks fonts not available when authoring a book in iBA? And why don't several of the fonts in iBA's own default templates feature in the list of font choices in iBook? In those iBA templates, the fonts which are used but which don't appear as options in iBooks are as follows: Baskerville, Helvetica, Bradley Hand ITC ITT and American Typewriter.

 

Any insight/enlightenment gratefully received.

Posted on Jul 11, 2012 5:15 AM

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  • by tk0us,

    tk0us tk0us Jul 14, 2012 2:00 PM in response to John Potts
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    Jul 14, 2012 2:00 PM in response to John Potts

    you can embed almost any font in a widget

  • by gdewolfe,

    gdewolfe gdewolfe Jul 15, 2012 6:22 AM in response to tk0us
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    Jul 15, 2012 6:22 AM in response to tk0us

    The problem is not being able to see it on iPad, but layout for the book. I want to be able to see the layout and font correctly as I am designing the book, not just the preview on iPad.

     

    George

  • by K T,

    K T K T Jul 15, 2012 8:38 AM in response to gdewolfe
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    Jul 15, 2012 8:38 AM in response to gdewolfe

    gdewolfe wrote:

     

    The problem is not being able to see it on iPad, but layout for the book. I want to be able to see the layout and font correctly as I am designing the book, not just the preview on iPad.

     

    I think that's unrealistic, sorry. As with apps, it is critical to test the final product in the same way the user will experience it...on a device.

     

    I know that means owning one, but it is important to do, so if you don't have a device, do your best to find someone that does and ask them to help test for you.

     

    Ken

  • by tk0us,

    tk0us tk0us Jul 15, 2012 2:37 PM in response to John Potts
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    Jul 15, 2012 2:37 PM in response to John Potts

    new book just released:

     

    An iBuild Opportunity (Part 5 using fonts & more) on the iTunes Bookstore solves many font issues

     

    check it out

     

    p.s. generally, what you see in preview from iA on an iPad is what you get when published (some issues but not many).

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