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Inclusion of font files inside an electronic document

Font embedding is the inclusion of font files inside an electronic document for display across different platforms. Font embedding is controversial because it allows licensed fonts to be freely distributed. Wikipedia →

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  1. Read the overview: Font embeddingA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Text steganography: enhanced character-level embedding algorithm using font attribute with increased resilience to statistical attacksInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Web DesignThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Text steganography: a novel character‐level embedding algorithm using font attributeCited 27 times
  5. Go sideways: LibreOffice WriterA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Rich Text FormatA closely related topic

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