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Old 02-20-2013, 08:41 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by jackie_w View Post
In defence of Kobo... I'm relatively new to Kobo world but can categorically say that calibre-sent standard epubs render margin-top/margin-bottom (as contained in internal epub css) perfectly.

Kobo allows user configuration of Line Spacing (line-height in css terms) but will override with the epub's own css, if present. Unfortunately the Kobo minimum setting for Line Spacing is rather larger (1.3) than many would probably prefer, so this could be an issue.

If you want to selectively change paragraph top/bottom margins the only option is to roll up the sleeves and surgically edit the relevant epub css classes with something like Sigil or calibre Tweak book. Unfortunately there is no automatic magic button called 'make my epub perfect'.
My complaint with Kobo is that the line spacing is so unusually large that it cannot be adequately corrected by selecting the minimum setting on the device. Some complain about the Kindle but I have never had this problem when converting to AZW3 or mobi. In my experience, the only editing required on occasion is indent size and/or removal of spaces between paragraphs.
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