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Originally Posted by pdurrant
The em-unit /does/ scale depending on the base font size chosen in the Kindle user interface. I now need to check whether that's also the case when it's specified in points or pixels - does the indent get bigger if a bigger base font is chosen? I suspect not, but I have to check.
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My suspicions were right. If the text-indent is specified in ems, it changes as the user selects different base font sizes on the Kindle, but if it's specified in points, it does not change when the user changes base font size.
So I think I'm right in wanting to specify the text-indent using ems rather than points or pixels.
The question now is how best to introduce a space at the start of the paragraph equivalent to a specified number of ems. I suspect it might have to be a bit of trial and error. For default size text, four non-breaking spaces per em seems about right.
Now to try to put some of these ideas into practice. I'm going to see how much I can improve some of the formatting in my version of Kidnapped, which features several quotes, notes and letters that need to be indented in a variety of ways.