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Originally Posted by writerkit
Yes, you waste your time desperately looking for ways to knock someone down, and prove you're better than anyone else. All I had was a simple question that you turned into major warfare. I'm a nice person. You're a grandstander - so unhappy with yourself, you eagerly jump on every opportunity to slap people around. I hope you can calm down soon and get past your anger at me - and the rest of the world - because otherwise, you're going to give yourself an aneurysm. I'm content with the answers I got, even if you're not. And guess what - I'm the one who matters.
By the way - starting with Guido's specs, I've written and converted two beautiful books with Calibre, start to finish, that look great in every device we have in the house. Accept that, won't you, and let it go.
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For the benefit of anyone who comes along later, with a similar question:
What this poster did not, and still does not, understand, is that he asked a question roughly equivalent to: "How do I change the timing on my Chevy?" The question I asked back was, "are you driving a Chevy VOLT or a Chevy Corvette," because the two cars (books) are quite different, and the answer is quite different. I wasn't "grandstanding." It would have been quite simple to add a sans serif font to the Corvette; but it couldn't be done for the Chevy. I asked a simple question, so that I could give this person a competent answer. I wasn't attempting to belittle him; yes, I finally got impatient after my third request for an answer from him as to whether he was making a mobi 7 or a mobi8.
The answer he finally got was, "no, you can't make a sans serif font," because everyone finally decided that if he was using Guido Henkel's guidelines and Calibre, he was likely making a less-advanced book, so they simply said, "it can't be done." That's actually not the correct answer; the correct answer is, "if it's mobi8, aka KF8, it can be done, but you have to embed the fonts for it to work, not just make a stylesheet call.
And to "writerone:" Not sure how you think I was seeking ways to "knock you down." I asked you, politely, three times, what TYPE of book you were making. You posted an aggravated initial post about how mobi "should" do what you told it in the stylesheet, and I asked you then what type of book you were making. I asked you two more times. Did I eventually become exasperated, when you continued to refuse to tell me what I needed to know in order to answer the question? YES, I did. Otherwise, you apparently think I should have put in all the time to type all the possible responses here, for all the possible Kindle book types, with all the code, just in CASE you were making a KF8 book, as well. Why do you think you're entitled to suck up my (or anyone else's) time because you don't know the answer to "which?"
I assume now you created a Chevy Volt or a Malibu, and I'm glad you're happy with your book. I'm sorry I wasted my time attempting to help you. You're lashing out at me simply because you were embarrassed that you didn't know the answer, and now you're embarrassed that you've realized that the Amazon specs ARE the only specs--not some mystical "Calibre" specs. If you'd asked, or given anyone here any additional information, someone would have gladly helped you with the answer (as to what type of book you were making). As you didn't, you got the simplest, and fastest, answer: no.
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