css defiition

[crutledge]

I have the following CSS definition. It works fine in the HTML viewers but has no effect in Sigil.

.smcap {
	font-variant: small-caps;
}

What's wrong?

Charlie

[theducks]

Originally Posted by crutledge

I have the following CSS definition. It works fine in the HTML viewers but has no effect in Sigil.

.smcap {
	font-variant: small-caps;
}

What's wrong?

Charlie

I know I have used small-caps in my CSS with good results (after I spelled variant correctly ).

Are you using this with another selector?

class="regular smcap"

the order may affect results.

[crutledge]

Originally Posted by theducks

I know I have used small-caps in my CSS with good results (after I spelled variant correctly ).

Are you using this with another selector?

class="regular smcap"

the order may affect results.

I think this is the answer to your question.

<span class="smcap"> ... </span>

BTW, is there a tool (like Flight Crew) that will check s CSS for errors e.g. missing ";" and such?

[theducks]

Originally Posted by crutledge

I think this is the answer to your question.

<span class="smcap"> ... </span>

BTW, is there a tool (like Flight Crew) that will check CSS for errors e.g. missing ";" and such?

You are using by itself.
I could use one

one typo and the whole selector becomes iffy

Sigil does not render everything as coded. but small-caps did work.

BTW I did find that I needed a "font-size: #em" in the style to make small-caps appear visually acceptable (not to get it to work)

[theducks]

Any chance you have specified a different font-face or that you do not have a small-caps version called out?

I tend to use the defaults, so I might not see this error.

[crutledge]

Originally Posted by theducks

You are using by itself.
I could use one

one typo and the whole selector becomes iffy

Sigil does not render everything as coded. but small-caps did work.

BTW I did find that I needed a "font-size: #em" in the style to make small-caps appear visually acceptable (not to get it to work)

I thank you for your help. It's always good to have someone to talk to.

I see the intent of "font-size: #em" , but have not found it in the book. I'll give it a try.

May all of your descendents be not only beautiful but smart.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by crutledge

I thank you for your help. It's always good to have someone to talk to.

I see the intent of "font-size: #em" , but have not found it in the book. I'll give it a try.

May all of your descendents be not only beautiful but smart.

I showed a hash mark (not the one on your Uniform Sleeve ) in place of a decimal number( eg 1.1em) so you would choose your own value.

em is a value that scales to the font, in, pt are fixed, "ruler" sizes and do not scale.
I use 3-4 % (of the containing block) type sizes for my indents. The wider the screen (block), the more pronounced the Indent appears to the eye. % don't scale to the font, but to the display (block).

Some of my best ideas, have been "borrowed" from examples here at MR (I think I even use one I spotted in your work).

[crutledge]

Originally Posted by theducks

I showed a hash mark (not the one on your Uniform Sleeve ) in place of a decimal number( eg 1.1em) so you would choose your own value.

em is a value that scales to the font, in, pt are fixed, "ruler" sizes and do not scale.
I use 3-4 % (of the containing block) type sizes for my indents. The wider the screen (block), the more pronounced the Indent appears to the eye. % don't scale to the font, but to the display (block).

Some of my best ideas, have been "borrowed" from examples here at MR (I think I even use one I spotted in your work).

Yea, I got that. Works now in Sigil but apparently not in MOBI. I may have to go back to

<small> ... </small>

Bummer .

If you find anything usable in my stuff, I'm tickelled.

[st_albert]

Originally Posted by crutledge

Yea, I got that. Works now in Sigil but apparently not in MOBI. I may have to go back to

<small> ... </small>

Bummer .

If you find anything usable in my stuff, I'm tickelled.

yeah, mobi seems to ignore <span>

[Hitch]

@Crutledge, @st_albert: small_caps not supported in mobi. I know, major suckage; I have a workaround somewhere around here....but it was a real "workAROUND" rather than anything simple...but it's like Dropcaps. I make BEAUTIMUS dropcaps in Sigil, and they look like fatty big bold letters in Mobi. {sigh}.

Hitch