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grepnick · 02-01-2015, 11:52 PM

First let me say that Calibre is great. I'm preparing to make a donation to support this wonderful application. I'm using it to publish an eBook on Amazon KDP and I've run into an issue with fixed-width fonts used in code examples.

Word has a built-in style for <code> "fixed width" fonts. Calibre converts this to MOBI beautifully with no issues if you use the default settings. If you try to set a base font size however, or set a font size key, the application strips multiple spaces from the <code> examples and condenses everything. It's really strange because if you don't set a base font size the multiple spaces work fine.

I'm not trying to go crazy with using spaces to control formatting. But just having 2 or 3 together works wonders in <code> style examples to improve readability.

Starting with a default small size helps prevent excessive wrapping in <code> examples. I use 8pt in Word, but Calibre seems to convert this to 12pt in the MOBI (old) output. That is why I was trying to use the base font size, but I can't do it if it strips the spaces.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

02-01-2015, 11:52 PM	#1
grepnick Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2015 Device: Kindle Fire HD 7	DOCX to MOBI Problems with Fixed Width Code Style First let me say that Calibre is great. I'm preparing to make a donation to support this wonderful application. I'm using it to publish an eBook on Amazon KDP and I've run into an issue with fixed-width fonts used in code examples. Word has a built-in style for <code> "fixed width" fonts. Calibre converts this to MOBI beautifully with no issues if you use the default settings. If you try to set a base font size however, or set a font size key, the application strips multiple spaces from the <code> examples and condenses everything. It's really strange because if you don't set a base font size the multiple spaces work fine. I'm not trying to go crazy with using spaces to control formatting. But just having 2 or 3 together works wonders in <code> style examples to improve readability. Starting with a default small size helps prevent excessive wrapping in <code> examples. I use 8pt in Word, but Calibre seems to convert this to 12pt in the MOBI (old) output. That is why I was trying to use the base font size, but I can't do it if it strips the spaces. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?