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Originally Posted by hobnail
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Some of those tricks I would have nothing to do with.
Add line-height to body <-- ignore this or you ruin the line height slider for Kobo.
Don’t define a line-height value which is less than 1.2 <-- KF8 will ignore any line height less then 1.2. It's best to not specify a line height for Kindle eBooks.
Disable hyphens <--- ignore that as hyphens should be left on.
Declare text-align for elements which should be left-aligned <-- use left align sparingly or not at all
Prevent sub- and superscript from affecting line-height <-- You aren't specifying line height so ignore this
Use real small capitals <-- ignore this and specify a font size for small caps as most versions of RMSDK (ADE) in use do not work with a font variant to specify small caps
Use semantic asterisms and make them reflowable <-- ignore this as background images can work rather poorly with eInk screens
Fake asterisms (context change) <-- ignore this because you ignored the one above that goes with it
Force the color of links to be text’s <-- ignore this as it's not useful on eInk screens
Make HTML5 tags behave as expected in legacy RMSDK <-- ignore this as you don't need a block display
Prevent horizontal margins to reflow with font-size <-- ignore this as % for the margins is a very bad idea and the size of the margins will change based on the screen size and possibly resolution
Create an automated numbering system <-- ignore this as it won't work in enough cases
Build a super simple responsive grid <-- ignore this as it won't work in enough cases
Give text wraps a modern twist <-- ignore this as it won't work with ePub 2
Force images to keep their aspect ratio <-- ignore this as it won't work with ePub 2 and I've never seen images be skewed to need to fix the aspect
Use text color as a variable <-- forget used colored text as it doesn't work well with eInk screens
So after looking at all the tips/tricks, most of them should be ignored. They could end up breaking the eBook depending on the software used to read the eBook.