Embedding Fonts in Epub Files

The ability to embed fonts is a complex one and requires not only technical knowledge, but also legal knowledge and an understanding of device support.

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. See the list of fonts included with each device.

Method

Epub2: (@font-face). The following font descriptors must be supported:

   font-family
   font-style
   font-variant
   font-weight
   font-size
   src

For an example see: ePub Tutorial#Advanced formatting tasks

Epub3:

Embeddable Fonts: Free or Open Source

• League of Movable Type, a collection of open source fonts.
• Gentium, a well-known open source fonts.
• DejaVu, wide-range unicode font
• Well crafted (free) fonts by Jos Buivenga
• Font Squirrel
• Google Web Fonts

See also Fonts#Fonts available for download