When in doubt, check with the font owner. Just because you have the right to use the font in a printed document does not mean that you also have the right to embed it in an electronic document. If you’ve decided to use a custom font, please check the font’s “embeddability” rights. Here is a screenshot of what the font setup looks like in my Jutoh project.ĭoes the copyright allow you to use the font? For an explanation of why I like to rename the font family to something consistent with its use within the project, see this post. In this tutorial I’ll also be using CinzelDecorative-Black, as I did in the custom fonts tutorial, but this time I’ll rename the font “Family” to DropCaps. Please refer to our Adding Custom Fonts to Your eBook tutorial for instructions on how to do that. Your first step will be to add the custom font you want for your drop cap. On the other hand, an embedded custom font does increase the size of your ebook, which means larger “delivery costs” on Amazon sales. But you do need to realize that default fonts vary from device to device, so by not specifying the font you are relinquishing some control. You can still have a drop cap effect without specifying a custom font, meaning that the ereader will use its own default font to render the character. Do I need to use a custom font?Ī custom font is not required. You can read more about Jutoh here. And, if you are using Calibre, do yourself a favor-switch to Jutoh!įor this tutorial, I’m assuming you already have a Jutoh project ready, and that you now want to add some drop caps, probably with a custom font. I’ve used it to generate upwards of 80 books. For those of you who do not use Jutoh to format your ebooks, you’ll find here some general pointers about the use of custom CSS, as well as some pitfalls you’ll need to be aware of.īut first, what is Jutoh? It is software you can use to create ebooks in Epub and Kindle formats. In this tutorial, we will explore how to add drop caps to your ebook using the Jutoh software. If you’re like us and love to read, then click here to score tons of free and discounted ebooks. Connecting the RIGHT readers with the RIGHT books
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