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Old 07-19-2011, 09:10 PM   #1
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Dotpoint & Bulleted List problem

I'm having trouble with my dotpoint/bulleted list style.

In my CSS, all fonts are set to Georgia but when viewing on an iPad, you can of course change the font to whatever you want. But for some reason, the dotpoint style is staying as Georgia no matter what font I choose within the eReader. This creates an unslightly clash of fonts.

Here's my CSS code:

li.dotpoint {
font-family : Georgia, serif;
font-weight : normal;
font-style : normal;
font-size : 0.83em;
text-decoration : none;
font-variant : normal;
line-height : 1.2;
text-align : left;
color : #000000;
margin-right : 32px;
margin-top : 8px;
margin-bottom : 8px;
}

And an example of the list in a chapter:

<ul class="List-1">
<li class="dotpoint">entry one.</li>
<li class="dotpoint">entry two</li>
</ul>

Has anyone else encountered this problem or have any tips?
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Old 07-20-2011, 02:32 AM   #2
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If you set your font in your body tag, you do not need to repeat it in the style for this element. Only put things in your stylesheet that change. From your stylesheet I see that you probably use InDesign. Be aware that you probably can trim your stylesheet back to 20-30% of the size.
Anyway, it could be another iBooks quirk. It is hard to test on other readers though.
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Thanks for the reply Toxaris. I also tried removing the font-family line from the li.dotpoint style, but to no avail. It could be an iBooks quirk, but hopefully there is a fix.

And you're right, I'm using IDCS5.5. I understand I can trim the CSS but haven't started doing that yet. Still getting familiar with what all the code means, and what I can cut.
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Remember inheritence. A tag will inherit most settings of its parents (like font-family). So, if an attribute needs changing, change it at the highest possible level. That would prevent to do it in child relations that are in use.

It sounds more complicated than it really is though. Also remember that you can combine styles (e.g. <p class="letter centered">). In that case all the styles will be applied. Usually in the sequence of calling, but I remember a discussion on the board earlier that some applications or readers use the order in the stylesheet.
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