[Tex2002ans]

Originally Posted by RbnJrg

You can achieve that effect with the following code:

Of course! Right when I saw negative margins in your post, the same type of solution clicked for me (I hate it when that happens).

Thanks for the fantastic example.

I only did a few minor tweaks to your CSS:

• Uncondensed margins.
• Made the width 25% (adjusted margins to fit)
  • 5% was a little too thin when I used "VIII"
• Removed specifying "black" from the border-top
  • This should allow the line to match the user specified font color
  • Tested it by changing the font color in Calibre, looked like the line color changed right along with it

h2 {
    text-align: center;
    margin-top: 1em;
    margin-bottom: 1em;
    margin-left: 0;
    margin-right: 0;
    border-top: 3px solid;
    height: 0.5em;
}

.text {
    float: left;
    width: 25%;
    margin-top: -.5em;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: 37.5%;
    margin-right: 37.5%;
    background: white !important;
}

p {
    text-align: justify;
    text-indent: 0em;
}

(See attached EPUB)

In ADE:



Tested it in Calibre, you get this oddity (border appears at the very top, and not through the middle):

Originally Posted by RbnJrg

Here you can see how it looks in ADE:

JPG?!?!?!?! You disappoint me! Have I taught you nothing about the superiority of PNG for artificial images?!!?!?

Originally Posted by GrannyGrump

@RbnJrg -- but won't that look odd if the user does not have Black Text on a White Background?

Indeed... doesn't seem like there would be a perfect solution, but this is a fantastic step in the right direction.

Definitely much further than where I was previously!

Originally Posted by GrannyGrump

@Tex -- if you want to go through the hassle of an embedded font, freeware Type Light [http://www.cr8software.net/typelight.html -- it says "open type font editor", but also works with true type] is fairly simple to use to edit/replace glyphs. You could make the emdash longer, and embed that subsetted font. Just a thought.

Thanks for the info. I personally tend to just err on the side of never getting in the way of user font choices, so I try to avoid embedding any fonts.

I will put this one in my pocket and take a look though.

Originally Posted by gbm

Remember that the Nook does not like condensed margins
Please see this thread, Post #13-#21. Nook does not like condensed margins when not using publisher defaults.

Thanks for pointing this out. Good to let others learn about oddities in certain readers.

I always use the uncondensed version anyway, seems much easier to understand/read (especially if others open the book and want to quickly tweak something).