Thread: Content Enhanced Typography not showing up in KP3 export to mobi
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Old 12-14-2020, 09:32 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by Ryn View Post
Hi,

I hope I'm posting this in the correct forum.

I've made an epub and loaded it into kindle previewer 3 for MacOS. It gives me the Enhanced Typography checkmark, and the kindle simulator shows hyphenation.

The exported mobi file by KP3, when sideloaded into a 5 year-old kindle voyager with the latest firmware, however, does not hyphenate, and has an oddly large line-height.

I haven't done much to the CSS to make things kindle-specific, in terms of media queries. Should I have?

Or does the kindle have a specific CSS term for hyphenation, like Apple does with its -webkit-hyphens?

I now have a collection of epub-hyphens, adobe-hyphenate, hyphens, CSS commands, all set to auto, so I could add one more...

Thanks for your input!
Mobi doesn't do hyphenation and the extra largr line-height could be due to your settings in the Aa menu. TO me, even the lowest line-hight is too large.

The best looking eBook settings are to use a L/R margin of -45px in html in the CSS, use the Hyphenate This! plugin to add hyphens, install ChareInk font for a smaller line-height. and finally use KF8 (AZW3) as your eBook format and forget KFX. That will (IMHO) give you a better reading experience on your Kindle the KFX.

You will get a smaller line-height, smaller L/R margins, hyphens, and a nice font to read with.
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