Alan Cook2

Q: ePub with Embedded Fonts Causes iBooks/Mac to Hang

I have an ePub that I created with InDesign CC that I want to sell on the iBookstore. I've embedded the main font for the book, which is Adobe Caslon Pro. The text looks great in iBooks for Mac and iOS. However, in iBooks for Mac, if I click on the A up in the top right, to see what the font viewing choices are, I get an endless spinning beach ball and the only way out is to force quite iBooks.

 

This does not happen on iBook for iOS. Everything works as expected. I can go into the font menu and change fonts, sizes, etc. with no problems.

 

I've done extensive searching on the internet and can't find where anyone else is having this problem.

 

Hoping that someone here might have a clue.

 

I'm running the latest versions of Mavericks and iBooks.

 

Thanks in advance.

Posted on Jun 16, 2014 5:58 AM