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Old 06-04-2015, 09:39 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Ghitulescu View Post
The text flows normally, there are side notes, but the tables and figures get the full width.
Side Notes were most recently brought up in this topic here:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=254785

I posted some code/examples/images that I used way back when (the code is crummy and needs some work, but it is most of the way there). This was using CSS + floating text.

I would recommend against using them in ebooks, unless the words are extremely short, and/or the Side Notes are used very sparingly. Remember, the user can raise the font HUGE.

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Originally Posted by Ghitulescu View Post
Tables do not work nice on some eReaders, so I am thinking of some sort of floating boxes.
Tables... we have had LOTS of conversations about Tables over the years (whether to do them HTML/SVG/Bitmap (PNG/JPG)). The pros/cons of all three were discussed at length.

Here is the go to topic on HTML Tables I always point towards:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=223062

SVG Tables were discussed here:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=240980

I personally still side on the pure HTML side, and if needed, "vericalizing" the tables into ~3-4 column length data. :P

If you are going bitmap... for the love of the gods DO NOT use JPG.

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Originally Posted by Jellby View Post
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Not as nice as a table, maybe, but at least the information is there, readable and searchable.
That might also be an ok fallback, but it all depends on the data. I would most likely take a "verticalized" table over the purely plain text method. :P

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