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jppeltier · 03-01-2020, 09:39 AM

Hello, I am giving a first shot at creating an ePUB, and am struggling with non-breaking spaces.

I am on macOS (Catalina), primarily using Pages to generate my ePUB. All is fine except the non-breaking spaces (present in my Pages document) but disappearing from my ePUB. After browsing the Internet, I tried different ways:
- I tried generating ePUB from Pages and from Vellum*.
- I tried checking the generated XHML, and can't find any non-breaking space tag where they should be.
- I tried updating the XHTML with non-breaking space tags (& nbsp, & #160 ...) and re-zipping the ePUB.
- I tried opening the ePUB in macOS Library and in Adobe Digital Editions.

Inevitably, the non-breaking spaces appear as normal spaces when I eventually display the ePUB. Am I doing something wrong here?

Thanks in advance for your help.

(*) fun fact: the left part of Vellum shows non-breaking spaces (View -> Invisible Characters) but at the same time the right part of the application (ePUB preview) shows normal spaces.

03-01-2020, 09:39 AM	#1
jppeltier Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2020 Device: iPhone, iPad, Kobo	Non-breaking spaces in ePUB Hello, I am giving a first shot at creating an ePUB, and am struggling with non-breaking spaces. I am on macOS (Catalina), primarily using Pages to generate my ePUB. All is fine except the non-breaking spaces (present in my Pages document) but disappearing from my ePUB. After browsing the Internet, I tried different ways: - I tried generating ePUB from Pages and from Vellum. - I tried checking the generated XHML, and can't find any non-breaking space tag where they should be. - I tried updating the XHTML with non-breaking space tags (& nbsp, & #160 ...) and re-zipping the ePUB. - I tried opening the ePUB in macOS Library and in Adobe Digital Editions. Inevitably, the non-breaking spaces appear as normal spaces when I eventually display the ePUB. Am I doing something wrong here? Thanks in advance for your help. () fun fact: the left part of Vellum shows non-breaking spaces (View -> Invisible Characters) but at the same time the right part of the application (ePUB preview) shows normal spaces.