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Originally Posted by kguil
During testing I found that many books handle paragraph spacing very differently. Applying exactly the same spacing value to different books resulted in bad results more often than not, so Marvin will start with a "safe" value.
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My experience is consistent with Kris'
Seems that every book displays slightly different on Marvin (and just about every book reader in existence).
Some books display just fine (and by fine, I mean fine for me, maybe not you) on the Marvin default, some do not and I have to adjust line/paragraph spacing, font size, etc.
Some books are even more difficult, and I can't adjust the spacing at all, some allow only to increase spacing. Granted those are few and far in between, but the point I am trying to make is that publishers really should be using a more "bland" set of formatting options and giving the reader the choice of formatting.
Whenever I come across these effects, I check the book, I usually find some weird setting in CSS files, and it takes hand editing to "fix" the book.
Anyway, sorry for the rambling, but the point I think, is that it's very difficult for a program (even Marvin) to anticipate all the craziness publishers use in their formatting choices.
As a consolation, I believe that books are much better formatted this days than a couple of years ago.
Cheers
Art