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Old 07-21-2015, 09:38 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by GeoffR View Post
It is a compromise, there can be no perfect solution as long as there are publishers who continue to produce crappy ebooks, but the difference is that publisher Y can always fix their ebook so that the line spacing is adjustable on the Kobo (by setting the default line-height in body and letting the paragraph syles inherit), whereas there may be nothing publisher X can do to get their book to display correctly on a Nook if they have features that depend on line-height being honoured.
I don't know - I can envisage what I see as solutions as perfect as they can get. The solution could be implemented in two different ways.

One is, if you try to change the line-height in a book where the book currently would silently override your choice, you get a little popup: "Do you really want to override publisher-specified line-height within this book? Y/N", possibly with a "Learn more" link to see what sort of problems it can cause. This should pop up once per book only. (It may need to come with a "Stop overriding publisher line-height" option once chosen.)

Alternatively, an Advanced Settings area in Settings where the user could pick and choose which publisher settings to override and which to leave in place.
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