Thread: Using sun or star-shaped characters in ebooks
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Old 07-19-2011, 05:54 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by starrigger View Post
I'm prepping a book in Word, for ultimate conversion to mobi and epub in Calibre. I'd sort of like to emulate the paper edition by using a sun- or star-shaped character at scenebreaks, instead of triple asterisks. (Not sure if these are extended ASCII or Unicode or what. Maybe one of each.) Can I do this, without breaking the final display in the ebook reader?

I've done a quick test in Calibre, and mobi and epub output looks fine in the Calibre viewer. But I'm wondering what will happen out in the field, on actual readers? Anyone know? Is this safe to do, or will I have annoyed readers wondering why the funny characters mucking up the display?

Thanks.
Most readers use ADE. So if it looks fine on your 700, it will look fine on most readers. If you'd like to attach a sample, I can take a look at it on my 650 and tell you if it looks good.

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Looks good here in the forum. Should look good on a reader using ADE.
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