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Old 05-04-2012, 11:55 AM   #241
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Originally Posted by kiwidude View Post
@jackr - AFAIK the drawing library that calibre and this plug in uses doesn't support translucent fonts. I have no idea what an inverted font is. Surely making the font transparent is giong to make it even harder to make the text stand out rather than easier?
I think he's referring to special effects like you have in MSWord.
To give an impression the letters are carved, pressed, printed, burned.
http://www.hazelden.org/HAZ_MEDIA/2706zoom.jpg (printed)
http://www.bigbooksponsorship.org/im...photos/500.jpg (burned)
https://pledesigns.com/images/sketch...classic_03.jpg (carved)

Still if you are smart/crafty enough, it's probably possible to do that just with a font.

My goals is to process my 8000 "pre epub" era ebooks and add a leather cover to end up with something classy like :
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr...ne5oo1_400.jpg
http://www.ybj-printing.com/images/book-10.jpg
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