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Old 04-30-2022, 12:38 PM   #28
jackie_w
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Originally Posted by Lykke View Post
I notice that the word spacing for justified text while reading kepub is noticably larger than for epub. Not so much for English, but very noticeable when reading Norwegian ebooks (also with a hyphenation dictionary installed). Is it possible to reduce the word spacing somehow? (For some reason Norwegian books will only justify for kepub, not epub).
Aside from all the hyphenation and left align stuff, back to your original question ...

Have you experimented with adding this to your CSS file for kepubs?:
Code:
word-spacing: -0.05em;
trying different values for the red bit.

If you find it helps, both calibre drivers (KoboTouch, KoboTouchExtended) already make it easy to auto-add during the calibre send-to-device process.

In fact, it may even be suitable as a new kobopatch if enough users think it does help kepub word-spacing.

Here's a comparison of what it looks like without/with the word-spacing tweak on my KA1:
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Last edited by jackie_w; 04-30-2022 at 05:24 PM. Reason: Added before/after screenshots
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