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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Most ePub does not use "chapter" for the class name for chapter headers.
In most cases, you don't need to use a line-height of any kind. just find a program that supports setting the line height and the margins.
If you find a program that lets you set the margins, then you can keep the margins at 0. ADE (for example) does not let the text hit the sides of the window when the margins are 0.
It's just one menu item and done.
It makes very good sense to use just <p>. It means less code. The idea is to keep it simple and that's not as simple as it can be.
As for fixes, I prefer to do them myself so I know they are done correctly. It doesn't take long in most cases. I also get rid of excess code such as ePub 3 code that I don't need. This way, in ADE/RMSDK, the page numbers are more accurate as there's less unused code to bloat the page numbering. Ilike to know that the code is clean. A conversion does not leave the code as clean as when I do it by hand. |
Yes, most publishers don't use "chapter," but when they do, I have a styling class for "chapter" that will automatically change the top and bottom margins. No need to manually change them all.
I use ADE and have no desire to use any other program, so I have to make sure the line-height is 1.2. Yes, you can't configure ADE, and it does display the paragraph text very close to the left and right margins. That's why I add 30px to each side.
All of my classes are simple and the class names are created to match what they're used for. A simple <p> is too simple and needs a class name to be efficient, in my opinion. But then I'm a perfectionist...
My conversions are very clean, and since I'm a perfectionist and an expert at editing ePub files, I know when and what to edit manually. My system is set up to do many things automatically, instead of spending lots of time doing manual fixes on basic things that can be fixed automatically in a few seconds during the conversion. If you could see one of my ePub files, I'm sure you would agree that I have a perfect system that takes much less time than the amount of time you spend on average per ePub file.