What to use in ePubs?

[GERGE]

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This is my first post here, but I've lurked for years without an account =) So, hi everyone!

I have a question. I need a typeface for an ebook. I know the usual requirements; good hinting, high x-height, thick lines... But I don't know how to proceed after them. Neither Kindle nor Kobo renders kernings.

So, which typeface offers the best performance without kerning and has the usual requirements?

Thanks!

[Tom Gewecke]

Does it matter? I think usually the reader of an epub selects the font from a standard list. E.g.

http://www.mcelhearn.com/iwant-more-fonts-and-sizes-on-the-kindle-and-ki...

[GERGE]

It is a technical book with monospaced codes and the such, customers would certainly prefer to use the publisher defaults option of the ereader. We are only looking for a text typeface, others are set.

[Riccardo Sartori]

No specific suggestion, just two links, possibly of interest:
https://www.bisg.org/publications/field-guide-fonts-ebooks
http://www.myfonts.com/licensing/ebook/