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Old 08-28-2015, 07:44 PM   #150
jackie_w
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Originally Posted by forster01 View Post
im using fakessmallcaps by writer2epub, but css syntax that is not supported makes me mad.....

also if one paragraph is formated with other embedded font, there is no way that in the middle of paragraph the tag <font style="font-family:serif;letter-spacing: 0px;">yyy</font> works (it doesnt), which is perfectly normal html tag...

I can post an epub sample if someone is iterested in in looking at it...
The Adobe renderer doesn't support any of the css often used to create small-caps or pseudo-small-caps (font-variant, letter-spacing, text-transform). Whether that is Adobe's whim or whether these items are just not included in the Epub2 spec I'm really not sure. I can't see Kobo jumping through any hoops to change this situation as I suppose they're more interested in the kepub ACCESS renderer, which I believe does already support font-variant and letter-spacing (not sure about text-transform).

If you're trying to say that you can't use a true small-caps font for just part of a paragraph then you're wrong - I do it all the time for standard epubs. But you do have to use a css combination of font-family and @font-face to do it plus you also need to use the Kobo Patcher to prevent the Kobo force-overriding font-family for <p> tags. I can understand that most people won't bother doing this, but it is easily do-able for those who want it enough.
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