Thread: Formatting Problems 11/22/63
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Old 12-05-2011, 03:43 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by elemenoP View Post
A problem with no space between the end of italic and beginning of normal text is a font metric problem. The last italic letter is leaning into the space where the space would be. Proper kerning or hinting should account for this common problem. So this Kobo's issue, not the publisher. Try changing to another font if your reader has other fonts.

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One way to check if it is a Kobo issue of not is to try 11/22/63 with ADE on the computer and see if it looks OK or not. I have seen eBooks where the italics had the space missing before and after. It was probably due to the fact that the source was PDF and the conversion botched the spacing around the italics.
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