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So while I understand what you are saying, & agree that there are definitely instances where what you say makes sense, In this instance I think you are completely wrong. Quote:
As far as Faeries being the same as elves... That's a stretch. But they do have similar & common origins but this isn't the place for that discussion. But Dwarves from my understanding of the lore, which comes mostly from Wales, Scottland, England, & Norse, are much more similar to how gnomes are portrayed modernly & completely dissimilar to how Tolkien wrote them. The only thing that comes even close to Tolkienian Dwarves would be the 4 who hold up the sky, but I can't really say that's because of how they were written & not because when I read about them I assumed things because they were called Dwarfs. Last edited by LostOnTheLine; 07-06-2023 at 10:23 AM. |
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Yes, please! I’d like to see that as well.
I’m currently reading an ebook where the author uses font color in a similar fashion. Is it absolutely essential? No. But it definitely adds flavor to the story. |
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Now lets see if your problem can be solved. How are you converting this ePub3 to read on your Kindle? if you are converting to Mobi then the fonts will be stripped as Mobi does not support embedded fonts. You need to convert to Kf8 (AZW3). Use calibre to do the conversion. Do not use send-to-Kindle. Now, once you've gotten the eBook on your Kindle and you've opened it, go to the Aa menu and select Publisher Font. That should do it. |
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I tested ePub to KFX conversion, and if an HTML page has more than 50% of the "normal reading" paragraphs set to a embedded font, it will not display correctly. Instead, the font the person chooses as their reading font in the Kindle software (Bookerly, Amazon Ember, user-installed, etc.) will be used. I have not tested what happens if two or more embedded fonts make up more than 50% of the "normal reading" paragraphs in a single HTML page. |
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Ah, that would be why if you have too many body fonts embedded on KDP upload that Amazon strips them. Not sure if "send to kindle" does the same, but likely it does.
Anyone know what the limit is? |
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Norse tradition has light elves (maybe small and associated with flowers), murky elves and dark elves (seem like dwarves), all of which may be different sorts of dwarves. Some tales do have dwarves like Tolkien's ones. See making and giving of the Brísingamen. Gnomes and Trolls are also imported to English from the continent and Scandinavia. That's the origin of the actually not really Irish at all Leprechaun. Those are really late stories. I agree that with how the author has conceived the story the different fonts are needed. It's a valid opinion held by many writers over the last 100+ years that such an typological artefact is stupid. Blind, partially sighted, dyslectic people? Audio books & radio drama? I've attempted to read such a book and it was cute but I couldn't finish it. Too exhausting to read. Also many reading platforms (many Android apps) will not support such formatting. Kindle Publishing of ebooks has about 92% of the English Language market and it won't support it. Last edited by Quoth; 07-07-2023 at 01:09 PM. |
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It also might be difficult if you are using a chisel and stone…
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You can have any font you want on a stone (it's just slow), though soft clay was more popular. Stone was more for buildings, boundaries, tombs/memorials and outdoor structures than ordinary reading.
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Like once someone was talking about how awful Islam was & quoted a bunch of things from the Quran. Some of the things she said went against what little bit I know of Islam so I looked up the quotes & found that in context they all had completely different meanings than the way she was using them. So I commented about what those passages actually meant, I don't remember all of them but an example I do remember was something that, out of context, made it sound like "women are property" but in context it was telling men that it was their duty to protect their women & was essentially saying "You'd do all this to protect your property, your women (wives, daughters, sisters) are your most valuable property & you need to do more to protect them" But someone who was agreeing with her followed me around & commented on just about every post I made that I am Islamic & couldn't be trusted. Even though On her comment I had relied & explained that I wasn't & that I just looked up the things the OP quoted to find their context. Quote:
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Interesting off-topic comment: the pointed ears of Fae creatures were originally "leaf-shaped" & it is debated, but more accepted than not, that the leaf-shaped attribute was added by the Catholic church because it was a symbol of deformity that was associated with cursed, demonic, & evil beings. Quote:
As for Special Needs Cases... In a lot of ways those are made specially for those who need them. Like a Large-Print book, by that logic all physical books should be large print... You're going to loose nuances when you change the media for a special audience, that's just a fact. Like a translation can never have the same nuances as the original, no matter how good the translator is. But they can do their best to be as close as possible. As for Dyslexic... They wouldn't see it because they'd be using the dyslexic font on a Kindle. Are they loosing something? Yes. But does that mean everybody should loose it because they are? I don't think so |
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Voices: Colors do not work on my e-ink (my primary way of reading).
I have been listening to an Audiobook as I hike to the Bus stop. It amazes me, the number of voices that THE ONE Narrator does. (Rich Little?) Different voices is also why I like Voice Actors vs TTS (and they drop 'he/she said", the firs clue a YouTuber is using TTS) |
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Most fonts used in eBooks aren't needed. They are just there to be the same font as used in the pBook edition.
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