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Bookmaker's rant

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So....

I know this is a how-to forum, and all that. But there's no V&R thread for bookmakers, which has always surprised me a bit. Anyway...

Today, I recieved a PDF--made by a professional, mind you, a print layout person, using INDD--which has, wait for it....

Spoiler:
56 effing fonts.

And NO, I don't mean, 8 fonts with 48 variants, I mean, mother-of-God, 56 DIFFERENT Typefaces, and only Christ knows how many FONTS!


For the love of heaven! How the hell am I supposed to pull that miracle out of my :ears:? (Polite body part substituted for my usual).

I'm still gobsmacked.

Spoiler:
AjazSurrealFreak; AceCrikey; ActionIs, Shaded JL, Algerian; AlgerianMesa; Arial-black; ArtBrush; AvenirNext; BabyKruffy; Bauhaus93; BernardMT; Birdfeather; Blacksword; BodoniMT; BradleyHandITCTT; Calibri; Chalkduster; CheriLiney; ChillerPlain; Cochin; ComicNeue; ComicSans; CowSpots; CubicSub; CurlzMT; Distress; Drunker-sRB; Electrik; FirecatMedium; FjallaOne; FlutSaus; FontdinerdotcomSparkly; FranklinGothic-Heavy; Fresnel; goudyOldStyleT; HayStackMFWide; Heartland Regular; Helvetica; InkbleedRegularSWFTE; JandaSparkleandShine-Bold; Jokerman; Kinkie; Monotypee corsiva; Monsterjelly; Noteworthy-Bold; OogieBoogie; Phosphate-Inline; Pumpkin; SavoyeLetPlain; Schrift; SketchBoards; Souvenir Bold; Stencil; Thickhead; TNR; Wingdings.


Nope, not kidding. And, btw, half of those have different fontfaces/variants, like AvenirNext Narrow, etc. I can't guess at the total final number; maybe 75? Hell, maybe 100?

Anyone here want to take bets on the chances of us ever getting that to work, in MOBI format? The odds? Howza 'bout, ZERO? Sweet Moses on a pony, trying to get SIX fonts to work in a book is a miracle. 56? FIFTY-SIX?

Not to mention, what are they going to say, when they see a KF7 version??????????????????

:marvin:


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