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mtrahan · 09-21-2013, 03:26 PM

Hey guys,

Thanks again for the input. I tried TypeLight to add the Apple glyph in the font PoP found to my Symbola subset. No luck so far, there's something I don't get and I don't have time to read all the documentation this week-end. Gotta finish this for monday.

So I tried with the SVG logo found in Wikimedia by Tex2002ans. And I still feel like a n00b. First, I couldn't find a way to resize the svg image and after some googling I came to the conclusion that there was something to tweak inside the SVG file itself. I used RazrFalcon's SVGCleaner and then I seemed to be able to tweak the image size in my ePub.

But still there must be something I'm doing wrong (long story). What's the good way to add the .svg image so that it appears inline with the text (ie. I want to downsize it so that it is just the size of a letter in the middle of a paragraph)? Style an image class with something like "height: 1em;"? Or there is a better way?

EDIT: OK, styling an image class with "height: 1em;" just doesn't work in iBooks. I end up with a giant apple... Argh.

09-21-2013, 03:26 PM	#15
mtrahan Colonel Mustard Posts: 90 Karma: 1426 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Montreal Device: iPhone 6, Kindle Paperwhite 2, iPad 2	Hey guys, Thanks again for the input. I tried TypeLight to add the Apple glyph in the font PoP found to my Symbola subset. No luck so far, there's something I don't get and I don't have time to read all the documentation this week-end. Gotta finish this for monday. So I tried with the SVG logo found in Wikimedia by Tex2002ans. And I still feel like a n00b. First, I couldn't find a way to resize the svg image and after some googling I came to the conclusion that there was something to tweak inside the SVG file itself. I used RazrFalcon's SVGCleaner and then I seemed to be able to tweak the image size in my ePub. But still there must be something I'm doing wrong (long story). What's the good way to add the .svg image so that it appears inline with the text (ie. I want to downsize it so that it is just the size of a letter in the middle of a paragraph)? Style an image class with something like "height: 1em;"? Or there is a better way? EDIT: OK, styling an image class with "height: 1em;" just doesn't work in iBooks. I end up with a giant apple... Argh. Last edited by mtrahan; 09-21-2013 at 04:01 PM. Reason: Added test report.