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what · 03-09-2021, 02:23 AM

In many ePubs that I own, margins are defined around the text, e.g. in Sarah J. Maas, Tower of Dawn:

Code:

# css
body {
    display: block;
    margin: 8px;
}
div.wrapper {
    margin: 0em 1.2em 0em 1.2em;
}

# html
<body>
    <div class="wrapper">
        ...
    </div>
</body>

In other ePubs (published by large publishing houses like Random House and Harper Collins), no margins are defined for the body or wrapper and, if viewed in a webbrowser, the text flows from edge to edge of the browser window.

Should or shouldn't I define margins? Why? When?

03-09-2021, 02:23 AM	#1
what Enthusiast Posts: 28 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2021 Device: none	Should I define margins around the text? In many ePubs that I own, margins are defined around the text, e.g. in Sarah J. Maas, Tower of Dawn: Code: # css body { display: block; margin: 8px; } div.wrapper { margin: 0em 1.2em 0em 1.2em; } # html <body> <div class="wrapper"> ... </div> </body> In other ePubs (published by large publishing houses like Random House and Harper Collins), no margins are defined for the body or wrapper and, if viewed in a webbrowser, the text flows from edge to edge of the browser window. Should or shouldn't I define margins? Why? When?