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hobnail · 02-25-2020, 03:05 PM

1) Why do some books use an html img tag for the cover page while Calibre's cover page generator, Calibre's Generate Cover plugin, and Sigil all use the svg wrapped image tag? (With an img tag Calibre's editor's preview window shows it full size with scroll bars when the image is too big for the window while Sigil's preview window and Calibre's reader resize it to fit the window.)

2) In the body of a book what are the advantages or disadvantages to using an svg wrapped image tag versus an html img tag? Complexity of the svg method is probably one disadvantage with it. I've never seen this done so I'm assuming that the advantages aren't there.

02-25-2020, 03:05 PM	#1
hobnail Running with scissors Posts: 1,589 Karma: 14328510 Join Date: Nov 2019 Device: none	html img tag versus svg wrapped image tag 1) Why do some books use an html img tag for the cover page while Calibre's cover page generator, Calibre's Generate Cover plugin, and Sigil all use the svg wrapped image tag? (With an img tag Calibre's editor's preview window shows it full size with scroll bars when the image is too big for the window while Sigil's preview window and Calibre's reader resize it to fit the window.) 2) In the body of a book what are the advantages or disadvantages to using an svg wrapped image tag versus an html img tag? Complexity of the svg method is probably one disadvantage with it. I've never seen this done so I'm assuming that the advantages aren't there.