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So why no PDFs? Is their fear of piracy -that- bad?
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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 6413329" data-attributes="member: 6779310"><p>Actually, there are 3 other widely supported filetypes that have stable presence in the market: RTF, ePub, and raw ASCII text. of these, ASCII isn't suited for large files nor complex ones. ePub isn't good with tables, and tables matter in rules... and RTF lacks DRM of any kind, as well as font-binding into the file. ePub could be made to work. RTF could work, but could look different on different platforms due to different font installs, and that can sometimes break tables. Both ePub and RTF support hyperlinks.</p><p></p><p>I will note that ePub is a variant xml format based upon html, but it has different tagsets. It lacks decent tables support in ePub 1 and 2. ePub 3 isn't widely supported. an actual ePub file is a zipped folder of XML including the XHTML subset...</p><p></p><p>I will also note that PDF is a superset of Postscript.</p><p></p><p>If they don't do PDF, then I would hope they go ePub.</p><p></p><p>One other widely supported format, but one not suited for D&D rulebooks, is cbz. There are cbz readers for almost all currently sold platforms, except certain very narrowly restricted linux and android implementations. </p><p></p><p>PDF is probably the best bet. ePub, despite fewer features than full HTML/XHTML, is a better choice than HTML or RTF, specifically because it's widely implemented. It isn't, however, readily printable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 6413329, member: 6779310"] Actually, there are 3 other widely supported filetypes that have stable presence in the market: RTF, ePub, and raw ASCII text. of these, ASCII isn't suited for large files nor complex ones. ePub isn't good with tables, and tables matter in rules... and RTF lacks DRM of any kind, as well as font-binding into the file. ePub could be made to work. RTF could work, but could look different on different platforms due to different font installs, and that can sometimes break tables. Both ePub and RTF support hyperlinks. I will note that ePub is a variant xml format based upon html, but it has different tagsets. It lacks decent tables support in ePub 1 and 2. ePub 3 isn't widely supported. an actual ePub file is a zipped folder of XML including the XHTML subset... I will also note that PDF is a superset of Postscript. If they don't do PDF, then I would hope they go ePub. One other widely supported format, but one not suited for D&D rulebooks, is cbz. There are cbz readers for almost all currently sold platforms, except certain very narrowly restricted linux and android implementations. PDF is probably the best bet. ePub, despite fewer features than full HTML/XHTML, is a better choice than HTML or RTF, specifically because it's widely implemented. It isn't, however, readily printable. [/QUOTE]
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