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sjfan · 01-15-2019, 01:53 PM

I have some poetry that in the manuscript has short lines formatted to preserve meter: if one line is only a few syllables, the next line begins indented past the end of the previous one, and such.

Monospace example (I've attached an image that illustrates this if the code here fails):

Code:

Here's a full line to start this dumb poem,
This line it ends
                  and then
                           the next begins
And now the sample's coming to an end.

How would you approach this in epub, or is this a case of educating the author about epub formatting limitations?

01-15-2019, 01:53 PM	#1
sjfan Addict Posts: 281 Karma: 7724454 Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Bethesda, MD, USA Device: Kobo Aura H20, Kobo Clara HD	Starting a line indented to end of previous line (Poetry) I have some poetry that in the manuscript has short lines formatted to preserve meter: if one line is only a few syllables, the next line begins indented past the end of the previous one, and such. Monospace example (I've attached an image that illustrates this if the code here fails): Code: Here's a full line to start this dumb poem, This line it ends and then the next begins And now the sample's coming to an end. How would you approach this in epub, or is this a case of educating the author about epub formatting limitations? Attached Thumbnails