01-26-2013, 01:42 AM | #31 |
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I just checked my above conversions on my actual Kindle Keyboard and the dropcaps are perfect with the medium line spacing setting. I guess there is no way to get a smaller-sized dropcap in the same ebook. If there is a way to accomplish this, please do let me know.
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For the others, just make sure that when you explode the azw3 file in calibre and tweak it, that you use em values for the font-size of the second dropcap. Here are some dropcap formulas for various sizes of fonts. These should work all right as long as you indicate in the eighth value of the font size key the same value as the font-size, in px. span.dropcaps { float: left; font-size: 80px; line-height: 0; -->> okay lang lagyan ng value, like 70px padding-top: 1px; margin-top:-.375em; margin-bottom: -.5em; margin-right:1.35px; font-weight: bold; } .drop { float: left; font-size:3em; margin-top: -.3em; margin-bottom: -.5em; margin-right: .05em; } span.dropcaps ((((dropcap a bit high but all right))) { float: left; font-size: 100px; line-height: 80px; padding-top: 1px; margin-top: -0.5em; margin-bottom: -.5em } span.dropcaps (((dropcaps just right))) { float: left; font-size: 100px; line-height: 80px; padding-top: 1px; margin-top: -0.475em; margin-bottom: -.525em } span.dropcaps { float: left; font-size: 70px; line-height: 70px; padding-top: 1px; margin-top: -.415em; margin-bottom: -.475em } for one-line dropcaps, this one worked for me: .dropcaps1 { font-size: 2.5em; float: left; margin-bottom: -0.50em; margin-top: -0.725em } to everyone who helped. |
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01-27-2013, 03:17 AM | #35 |
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I guess I'm a total dunce because of that last one about the one-line dropcap. I should just have gone with a raised initial and used a span class code.
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01-27-2013, 03:20 AM | #36 |
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Which brings me to another issue not exactly azw3-related. Why do lines with raised initials have large line spacing? Is there a workaround to that?
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You may need to edit the CSS style for the normal part and add: line-height: 1.2; to force it back down |
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01-27-2013, 11:20 PM | #38 |
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Not in KF8 (eInk Kindles). It doesn't respect line-height of that small. You have to make it a drop cap or a regular letter.
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I have this same problem. But I like the tightness of the minimal spacing of the MOBI file compared to the AZW3 that I usually just reconvert to MOBI. Alas!
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Wanted to add. JSWolf, I really like your Compact SIL update! Perfect for night reading. Now, I kinda feel like an ungrateful jerk, but how hard would it be to slightly modify it removing a tiny bit of weight for a daytime version? The PW I settled on has good contrast, so it's almost a little too chunky-bold for daytime reading. Would I be able to do it myself? Are there any freeware font editing programs out there?
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Before I do it fully, I'll take the regular version and make it with just a little more weight so you can try it and if you like it, I can make it into a compact version.
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Second edit: THIS IS SOLVED NOW, PLEASE DISREGARD. It turns out that it was a simple table problem, not related to calibre. Many thanks to Jellby!
... Hi, I think/ hope my problem is simpler but this thread has the appropriate title: I am using a resource for online books, ultimate aim being to read them on Kindle. Each chapter of a book is a separate webpage; so I download them all and produce an epub out of them in Sigil. There are linked footnotes at the end of each chapter ("formerly" webpage) and I could not find any way to have them properly linked with the main text using the .mobi format. Thus: go for azw3 and the links work... Fine but the problem is that this time the margins become fixed -- thus e.g. the right half of the lines become invisible on Kindle/ or Kindle apps, no reflow at all... None of the different settings I used in calibre (remove fake margins/ ignore margins etc...) enabled me to solve this issue. I suspect that this issue is pretty simple for someone more skillful in using calibre or even Sigil, yet I spent many many hours to solve it to no avail. (The problem applies to every epub created with the html files, not just to one particular book); I would be grateful for any help indeed! [conversion log example attached] Edit on the next day: This might be fixed in the epub itself it seems; so I dared to open a new thread and pasted the css content there Last edited by mrevent; 04-11-2014 at 12:40 PM. Reason: Css linked |
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