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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce
I never said it can't be done. Yes, I realize I've taken this discussion outside the scope of what the OP intended. That's because I'm interested in learning how one would format such poems.
How far will CSS/HTML translate into other formats? If I'm setting type for a printed book, I pick the font and style. In a static HTML page, I could even get by with non-breaking space characters and not use CSS.
But what about devices that allow the user to pick different fonts? Even a font change could break the formatting of a poem.
If you formatted a poem (or any text) using advanced CSS techniques, such as putting each line in a div and using float and clear, or using so-called "sandbag divs" ( technique illustrated here) what happens when that gets converted to an e-book format? |
Automatic translation of advanced formatting will almost certainly fail. You'd have to generate versions in each book format by hand.