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Old 07-07-2020, 04:47 PM   #38
JSWolf
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Originally Posted by Turtle91 View Post
If you are creating a book for your own use, then I would definitely use the one that gives the best, most consistent results. I've found that on iOS, and I'm happy... android, not so much...but then I haven't had a lot of time to experiment. For all these professional book makers, they need to provide a decent experience across platforms. Without assuming they are going to use kindle, or books (*shudder*), then the fallback would have to be an asterism of some kind, wouldn't it?

I think the key question would be: Without using CSS (and I'm assuming inline styling is also ignored?), is there a way to center a container for the image/asterisks/etc? Or are they stuck with the *** flush left as Tex mentioned...
There is no way I would ever use * * * as that's been spoiled by too may eBook makers who try to duplicate a pBook with a combination of space and * * * for section break markers. I cannot stand that when I get * * * in the middle of the screen sometime and blank space other times.

However, an <hr/> with L/R margins of 45% works well. If the CSS is ignored, you get get a short line left justified, you get a full line across the screen. That to me looks a like nicer. So does the short centered line when CSS is working.
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