It surprises me, a bit, how many people don't seem to understand the contradiction presented by publishing a book on typography through a platform that doesn't

It surprises me, a bit, how many people don't seem to understand the contradiction presented by publishing a book on typography through a platform that doesn't allow control over typography. The issue isn't aesthetic, it's fundamental. And to note, I'm not sure anyone's ever blamed HTML with being designed to consider typography, beyond some basic contextual tags.