Back in the»90s, when I was working for a rival comics company, and both Marvel and we were using a service bureau in the East»40s to output cover and text page films for printing at Quebecor, the bureau's staff were constantly bitching that the Marvel crew didn't know how to prepare files for print output, often failing to
embed font files or sending low - rez (72 ppi) art.
Not exact matches
All high resolution images and
fonts must be
embedded in
files.
I remade the original Publisher
file into a PDF and included a link to
fonts just in case they didn't
embed.
Usually at the top of the
file, the
embedded fonts should be listed in @font - face rules.
If the
fonts were
embedded when the epub was created (e.g. at export in InDesign), find the
files of the
embedded fonts.
If you had InDesign
embed fonts on export to epub, InDesign would have included encrypted («mangled»)
font files in the OEBPS folder.
The
fonts are
embedded in the ebook
file, but they're encrypted so that no one can go into the
file and steal them.
If you
embedded fonts when you created the epub (e.g. when exporting from InDesign), the CSS
file should already include the correct references to them.
Notice that the initial drop cap imported properly, and that (most of) the
fonts are intact — and in fact were
embedded within the ebook
file.
Currently only the Adobe ® Acrobat ® Reader and Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader support
font embedding, as this is a feature of the PDF
file format.
Ray Lee, if the message you're receiving from I / S is that your
fonts aren't
embedded, it's because I / S needs
files saved as a PDF / X -1 a.
I contacted IS and uploaded my
files NUMEROUS times and each and every time they were declined because «
fonts not
embedded».
You can
embed fonts, which solves one problem but brings up others (e.g. bigger
file size).
When you save
files as a PDF from Word, you get a PDF / A, which doesn't
embed all
fonts and isn't accepted by I / S.
Also the ability to sideload your own
fonts without having to
embed them through Calibrr therefore tripling the size of the
file is of high importance to me.
You now have properly
embedded the necessary information in your ePub
file that makes it possible for iOS devices to correctly display different
fonts.
This video tutorial explaines how to
embed fonts in a Word or PDF
file.
But in case you have to work with a printer, or even if you're sending PDF
files to Lightning Source (which requires
embedded fonts) or Createspace (which doesn't), here's how to do it in Photoshop.
Take a look at this sample: If you zoom in 500 %, the
file with the
embedded fonts has sharp and clear text — in the other, the text has been rasterized so you only have digital enlargement, which causes pixellation (click on the image to zoom in and see the difference).
Click the
Embed fonts in the
file checkbox (see below).
I've been selling them through my website, but only Kindle KDP will accept Kindle KF8
files with
embedded fonts and none of the ePUB distributors, yet.
It appears that with you
embed fonts in ID, a
file called encryption.xml is added to the META - INF folder inside your epud.
Font Embedding is when all the font information is captured from your computer and stored inside the PDF f
Font Embedding is when all the
font information is captured from your computer and stored inside the PDF f
font information is captured from your computer and stored inside the PDF
file.
DiggyPOD recommends using the DoPDF utility to
embed the
fonts, please view our PDF Video Tutorial on creating a print ready pdf
file.
Before you produce an epub
file for a device which supports
embedded fonts, you should first consider using one of the
fonts already built into the device.
If the
fonts are not
embedded in your PDF
files, the type can reflow and become distorted.
For clients desiring custom EPUB and Kindle
files, can do sidebars, pull - quotes, wraparound images hanging indents (bibliographies) and bullet - point lists, tables,
embedded fonts, and output to EPUB3.
The first step in
embedding the
fonts is to add @
font - face references to the top of your CSS document declaring each
font and pointing to its
font file.
When
embedding fonts in a reflowable eBook
file, it is imporatant to remember that the reader has the ability to override your
embedded fonts and view the book using the default system
fonts built into their device.
To
embed a
font in your eBook, you will need to have all of the necessary
font files, including any bold, italic, and bold - italic variants if the
font is used for that kind of text.
One very common way to enhance the quality and formatting of an eBook is to
embed fonts in the
file.
I recall once talking to a small publisher about sending
files to Lightning Source, and she kept saying that I had to use Adobe's In - Design because «the
fonts have to be
embedded.»
DiggyPOD does, however, offer a careful
file review and quality check where we make sure
fonts are
embedded, images are high resolution, trim sizes and margins are correct, etc..
For the purposes of eBooks, a
font with any of the last three
embedding permissions above should be able to be used in the eBook
files.
FlightDeck provides a list of important and interesting information about your EPUB
file to help you and your team delve deeper into your eBook creation, including data on external links,
embedded fonts, image dimensions, and more.
When reading PDF
files none of these options are available since
fonts are
embedded into the
files themselves.
In addition, it
embeds all of the
fonts used in the document inside the
file, so the recipient need not have any of the
fonts installed on his or her computer.
The only situation in which an OFL
font can be distributed without the text of the OFL (either in a separate
file or in
font metadata), is when a
font is
embedded in a document or bundled within a program.
pdf in Microsoft Word, go to Options > Save and check the item that reads «
Embed fonts in the
file» or similar.
To make sure your typeface stays intact,
embed the
font in the
file.
Of course, one could
embed the
font within the document itself, but you then increase the
file size and affect its download time.