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Enterio · 03-05-2020, 03:40 PM

Is there any easy way to edit the CSS to force the Kindle to show
figures as old-style figures?

I have a solution, but it’s pretty radical. You’d have to find all the
figures or numbers in the file, include them in <span> brackets,
and use a class that uses:

Code:

font-variant:small-caps;

This isn’t very good, and I wouldn’t get that effect on other ebook
readers. Is there any solution available? The CSS code—

Code:

body {
  font-kerning: normal;
  font-variant: common-ligatures oldstyle-nums;
  font-feature-settings: "kern", "liga", "clig", "onum";
}

—seems to be working for EPUB3 (in Calibre), but not when converted to Kindle KFX.

Thanks for your help!

03-05-2020, 03:40 PM	#1
Enterio Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2019 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 7th gen	Forcing old-style figures from a font in Kindle Is there any easy way to edit the CSS to force the Kindle to show figures as old-style figures? I have a solution, but it’s pretty radical. You’d have to find all the figures or numbers in the file, include them in <span> brackets, and use a class that uses: Code: font-variant:small-caps; This isn’t very good, and I wouldn’t get that effect on other ebook readers. Is there any solution available? The CSS code— Code: body { font-kerning: normal; font-variant: common-ligatures oldstyle-nums; font-feature-settings: "kern", "liga", "clig", "onum"; } —seems to be working for EPUB3 (in Calibre), but not when converted to Kindle KFX. Thanks for your help!