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Old 02-23-2011, 02:31 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by Sylver View Post
Hi, all, I have some Chinese classic texts in htm format that I am converting to ePub for reading on my nook. The text has a lot of inline notes by different scholars that I wish to keep readable on the nook. The following shows an example of the original htm source code:

<SPAN style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000">The Kindle</SPAN><SPAN style="font-size:9.9pt; color:#FF0000">an e-reader</SPAN><SPAN style="font-size:9.9pt; color:#00008A">sold by Amazon</SPAN><SPAN style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000">is an option.</SPAN>

In this example, the text "The Kindle" and "is an option" is the original classic text, the "an e-reader" and the "sold by Amazon" are two inline notes provided by two ancient scholars illustrated in smaller font size and different font colors. After Calibre converts this to ePub, the texts are all showing as same font size and color now that I can no longer tell the notes from original text. Now I know this (having only one font size and color in a block of text) is a limit of the ePub format, but would like to ask if someone has a more creative way in Calibre when converting these to ePub that in someway preserves the notion of the inline text so it can still be read in the nook? Many thanks.
There is no limit in the epub format for one font size/color in a block of text. Try disabling font size rescaling under look and feel in the conversion options, or adjusting the base font size.
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