epub/Stanza - Night Theme - No White Fonts

1611mac · 05-31-2011, 12:50 AM

Using Stanza on my iPad....
Can someone tell me IN GENERAL why some epub books don't display my Night Theme setup with white fonts while some do. Some work great.. I can set the font to various colors while some epub's display only in black no matter how the Stanza Theme is set. Can this be corrected in some way?

Toxaris · 05-31-2011, 12:25 PM

Probably those epubs define the color of the fonts in their stylesheet.

1611mac · 05-31-2011, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toxaris

Probably those epubs define the color of the fonts in their stylesheet.

hummm.. I always thought the Stanza Theme over-rode but perhaps not. I'll chess the stylesheets. Thanks for responding. I appreciate it.

1611mac · 05-31-2011, 01:50 PM

You are correct. I removed the color attribute in the stylesheet and Stanza Themes work fine now. Thanks!

Toxaris · 05-31-2011, 03:37 PM

No problem. In fact, I hope Stanza overrides the stylesheets very little... They are there for a reason.

Jellby · 06-01-2011, 04:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toxaris

No problem. In fact, I hope Stanza overrides the stylesheets very little... They are there for a reason.

Yes, probably because MS-Word exported them...

Toxaris · 06-01-2011, 03:40 PM

I agree that text color is usually a rather senseless option to have in your stylesheet, but most settings I find quite useful. I would not like my reader to overrule them.

JSWolf · 06-01-2011, 10:06 PM

Word is an awful program.

Toxaris · 06-02-2011, 03:46 AM

Again, I was not talking about Word at all. I just think it is annoying Stanza apparently overrides stylesheet entries. That has nothing to do with Word at all.

karbonkel · 01-22-2013, 05:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1611mac

You are correct. I removed the color attribute in the stylesheet and Stanza Themes work fine now. Thanks!

How did you do that?
Really like to know!
(tried cssedit, no luck)
Can't get used to other apps than Stanza and like the night theme.
Thanks
Dirk

Turtle91 · 01-22-2013, 11:36 AM

you can use any text editor (I prefer Sigil because you can immediately see how changing the css effects the look of the book) and open the .css. Then look to see if there is a "general" color declaration like:
p {color:black}
color:#000000
color:rgb(255,255,255)

and delete them.

Just be sure that you are deleting the one that is being applied to the whole document and NOT ones that are formatting specific sections of text (eg. a {color:blue; text-decoration:underlined})

I hope that helps!

karbonkel · 01-23-2013, 12:28 PM

Thanks for your reply.

Tried Sigil, crashed at startup.
Download from another location, the same crash.
Tried Wondershare MePub, couldn't find a way to load .epub, same as cssedit.
Tried calibre, worked but got lost in the program, couldn't find a .css file.
Then googled for Sigil and there seems to be a bug in 0.6.2 (for mac osx 10.7), fortunately pdurrant compiled a version
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...71&postcount=8
It works!

And yes I could change the color, had to use search and replace on this particular book so it replaced 41 times the "color: #000;" to " " and now I can use stanza and it's Night Theme.

Thank you very much!!!
Dirk

Ps why isn't there an app with the same features as Stanza?

1611mac · 01-23-2013, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by karbonkel

-snip-

Ps why isn't there an app with the same features as Stanza?

What features are you interested in? Check out Bluefire and Marvin. There's a new release of Marvin on the way with new features.

karbonkel · 01-23-2013, 02:44 PM

Bluefire is really slow compared to Stanza.
Layout in Stanza is much nicer for me.
The fonts are more and also more bold.
I used Bluefire lately because of the Night Theme thing but am glad i can use Stanza again.
Marvin is only for iPad....

JSWolf · 01-23-2013, 03:04 PM

Stanza is on the way out. It crashes with iOS 6. Give it up and find something else.

05-31-2011, 12:50 AM	#1
1611mac eWanderer Posts: 520 Karma: 1441998 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: NC, USA Device: iMac,iPad3,iPhone5-Kindle Fire,Touch,PaperWhite	epub/Stanza - Night Theme - No White Fonts Using Stanza on my iPad.... Can someone tell me IN GENERAL why some epub books don't display my Night Theme setup with white fonts while some do. Some work great.. I can set the font to various colors while some epub's display only in black no matter how the Stanza Theme is set. Can this be corrected in some way?

05-31-2011, 12:25 PM	#2
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 2,109 Karma: 927511 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-300, PRS-T1	Probably those epubs define the color of the fonts in their stylesheet. __________________ Creator and maintainer of the e-Book Tools Word add-in. Creator and maintainer of the Clean HTML macro for MS Word.

05-31-2011, 03:37 PM	#5
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 2,109 Karma: 927511 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-300, PRS-T1	No problem. In fact, I hope Stanza overrides the stylesheets very little... They are there for a reason. __________________ Creator and maintainer of the e-Book Tools Word add-in. Creator and maintainer of the Clean HTML macro for MS Word.

06-01-2011, 03:40 PM	#7
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 2,109 Karma: 927511 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-300, PRS-T1	I agree that text color is usually a rather senseless option to have in your stylesheet, but most settings I find quite useful. I would not like my reader to overrule them. __________________ Creator and maintainer of the e-Book Tools Word add-in. Creator and maintainer of the Clean HTML macro for MS Word.

06-01-2011, 10:06 PM	#8
JSWolf Mobile Reader Geek Posts: 34,224 Karma: 13801376 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Sony Reader PRS-650, iPad	Word is an awful program. __________________ Jon 2013 Reading List

05-31-2011, 01:50 PM	#4
1611mac eWanderer Posts: 520 Karma: 1441998 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: NC, USA Device: iMac,iPad3,iPhone5-Kindle Fire,Touch,PaperWhite	You are correct. I removed the color attribute in the stylesheet and Stanza Themes work fine now. Thanks!

06-02-2011, 03:46 AM	#9
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 2,109 Karma: 927511 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-300, PRS-T1	Again, I was not talking about Word at all. I just think it is annoying Stanza apparently overrides stylesheet entries. That has nothing to do with Word at all. __________________ Creator and maintainer of the e-Book Tools Word add-in. Creator and maintainer of the Clean HTML macro for MS Word.

01-22-2013, 11:36 AM	#11
Turtle91 Fanatic Posts: 535 Karma: 2178910 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Bangkok, Thailand today Device: iPhone 5/iPad 1&2/Surface Pro/Kindle PW	you can use any text editor (I prefer Sigil because you can immediately see how changing the css effects the look of the book) and open the .css. Then look to see if there is a "general" color declaration like: p {color:black} color:#000000 color:rgb(255,255,255) and delete them. Just be sure that you are deleting the one that is being applied to the whole document and NOT ones that are formatting specific sections of text (eg. a {color:blue; text-decoration:underlined}) I hope that helps!

01-23-2013, 12:28 PM	#12
karbonkel Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Groningen NL Device: iPhone 3gs	Thanks for your reply. Tried Sigil, crashed at startup. Download from another location, the same crash. Tried Wondershare MePub, couldn't find a way to load .epub, same as cssedit. Tried calibre, worked but got lost in the program, couldn't find a .css file. Then googled for Sigil and there seems to be a bug in 0.6.2 (for mac osx 10.7), fortunately pdurrant compiled a version http://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...71&postcount=8 It works! And yes I could change the color, had to use search and replace on this particular book so it replaced 41 times the "color: #000;" to " " and now I can use stanza and it's Night Theme. Thank you very much!!! Dirk Ps why isn't there an app with the same features as Stanza?

01-23-2013, 02:44 PM	#14
karbonkel Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Groningen NL Device: iPhone 3gs	Bluefire is really slow compared to Stanza. Layout in Stanza is much nicer for me. The fonts are more and also more bold. I used Bluefire lately because of the Night Theme thing but am glad i can use Stanza again. Marvin is only for iPad....

01-23-2013, 03:04 PM	#15
JSWolf Mobile Reader Geek Posts: 34,224 Karma: 13801376 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Sony Reader PRS-650, iPad	Stanza is on the way out. It crashes with iOS 6. Give it up and find something else. __________________ Jon 2013 Reading List

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