Font Nightmares with Fixed Layout
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October 13, 2015 at 7:10 am #78729Leslie BozoianMember
I am in the process of trying to create a fixed layout epub for a book that we published last year. I have done extensive research about fonts when exporting to the fixed layout and I am totally aware that you have to use open-type fonts OR Typekit fonts. I have done both in an attempt to get my file to hold on to its fonts but with ZERO success. I have tried every trick I can find and no matter what when I open my epub in iBooks after about five second the entire document switches over to a generic san-serif font.
I wondered if it was just the document so I made a test five page document and had the exact same result. Even though I used open-type fonts, it refuses to hold on to any of them and automatically changes to the generic sans serif font. I have watched video after video and this NEVER seems to be an issue when people export to a fixed layout epub.
I have even tried attaching a CSS file and the only font that stuck was Times New Roman, but NOT the bold or italic Times New Roman.
I am at my wits end. I don’t understand what I’m doing wrong. I have updated my Creative Cloud and my iOS but nothing works. I’ve been at this for weeks now so if anyone knows what’s going on, your advice would be INVALUABLE.
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October 22, 2015 at 3:26 pm #78941Anne-Marie ConcepcionKeymaster
I’m sorry, I’ve never seen this fail before. Hmmm.
Which version of InDesign?
Are you positive you’re choosing EPUB (Fixed-Layout) and not EPUB (Reflowable) as the output option? (sorry, have to ask).
Are you getting any warnings when exporting?
Do other elements of the ebook work … that is, is the page geometry the same as in the INDD file?
Can you export to PDF and have the fonts appear in the PDF?
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