5 Replies Latest reply: Oct 10, 2014 6:00 AM by AnneMarie Concepcion

font encryption warnings in epub check

SueCampbell54 Oct 8, 2014 11:46 AM

I get this warning when running epubcheck 3.0b5 on my reflowable epub 3.0:

WARNING: ebook3.epub: resource OEBPS/font/WarnockPro-It.otf cannot be decrypted

I get this for all the fonts I've included in the doc. (all Adobe fonts) The book does work fine in iBooks and fonts display correctly. Since it's a "warning" not an "error" I'm guessing this may be OK with Apple. (I'll know soon.) But is this something to be concerned about? Is there a newer epubcheck? Though I've been exporting EPUB for years, this is actually the first time I've embedded fonts.

Also, I know everyone is excited about the new Fixed Layout export (myself included), but I sure wish it wasn't the default selection in the export dialogue. Cmon, guys you know we're are still doing reflowable for 99% of our books, right?

1. Re: font encryption warnings in epub check

Ellis home Oct 8, 2014 3:03 PM (in response to SueCampbell54)

Wondering about the epubcheck version. It seems the latest is 3.0.1 (there is a 4.0 version but it's a Beta). I did a quick test with Warnock Pro and run it through epubcheck 3.0.1 and get no warnings. Can you post a small sample so we can test it?
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SueCampbell54 Oct 8, 2014 4:48 PM (in response to Ellis home)

I'm getting the same error with AGaramond Pro on another book today. The books both uploaded thru iTunes Producer to iBookstore without error though. I'm thinking it is the little js application called ePubCheck_3.0b5 (for Mac).
epubcheck-3.0b5-pre.jar - epub-samples - EPUB 3 Sample Documents - Google Project Hosting
Here is one chapter from the previous book though in epub 2. (that seemed to work better).
Umm. Hmm. I don't know how to attach it. Oh wait. Here's my public folder:
Dropbox - Public

I just downloaded the epubcheck 3.0.1 JAR app, but I have no idea how to use it. I would like to find a newer version of the little Javascript app. You just drag the epub on it—that I can handle.
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Ellis home Oct 8, 2014 6:36 PM (in response to SueCampbell54)

I don't get any error. I use this app: pagina GmbH Publikationstechnologien: EPUB-Checker You just drop the file on it and get the result. It's in German but if you scroll down a bit you'll see the instructions in English.
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SueCampbell54 Oct 9, 2014 7:35 AM (in response to Ellis home)

Thanks Ellis home. That's very helpful! Good to know that it's not the fonts or my epub file.
Sue
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5. Re: font encryption warnings in epub check

AnneMarie Concepcion Oct 10, 2014 6:00 AM (in response to SueCampbell54)

You have an old version of epubcheck. You should be using v3.01, which is available here (scroll down past the link to the 4.0 beta):
IDPF/epubcheck · GitHub

Or, pagina's epubChecker is also good:
pagina GmbH Publikationstechnologien: EPUB-Checker
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