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JSWolf · 07-23-2014, 04:34 PM

I thought I had seen it all when it comes to bad practices making an eBook. Well, today I found something I have yet to (knowingly) come across. I've come across an eBook where there are non-breaking spaces in place of spaces that throws off the formatting and makes nice big gaps between words.

I kind of knew it had to be non-breaking spaces when the gaps were big enough to fit the word that started the next line without a problem. I then had a look at the XML file and yes, there are non-breaking spaces there.

So why would non-breaking spaces be put in an eBook where they have no need to be there? This is a publisher original and not some download some unknown source.

07-23-2014, 04:34 PM	#1
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,796 Karma: 146391129 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Non-breaking space I thought I had seen it all when it comes to bad practices making an eBook. Well, today I found something I have yet to (knowingly) come across. I've come across an eBook where there are non-breaking spaces in place of spaces that throws off the formatting and makes nice big gaps between words. I kind of knew it had to be non-breaking spaces when the gaps were big enough to fit the word that started the next line without a problem. I then had a look at the XML file and yes, there are non-breaking spaces there. So why would non-breaking spaces be put in an eBook where they have no need to be there? This is a publisher original and not some download some unknown source.