Thread: Is it possible to rotate text in an ePub?
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Old 02-26-2017, 05:18 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by fredih View Post
I have a table that has rotated text in one of its columns. I've been searching for possible solutions and the only one that will seem to work it is to use SVG. But as far as I know that wouldn't be compatible with the .mobi format.

I stumbled upon the -epub-text-orientation property here, but I couldn't make it work.

Is there any other way to accomplish what I want to do? I want the eBook to be as cross-compatible as possible.

Thanks.
You are looking at the specs for ePub 3.1. So -epub-text-orientation won't work. There are ways to rotate text in ePub & KF8. But there is no way to rotate text in Mobi. ePub & KF8 can do it with SVG or an embedded font that's been rotated. So basically, selling this eBook at amazon means you cannot use any of the KF8 only features. Way to go Amazon; create an eBook format that has more advanced features and hinder it with Mobi only features.

Things like this is why Amazon should allow KF8 only eBooks. Mobi is obsolete. When a book is not needing any features that are not available in Mobi, fine, sell a Mobi. But if you need KF8 only features, don't sell a Mobi.
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