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Originally Posted by ebookscovers
When I see it in Kindle previewer the italic text is much smaller then the main body text. They are supposed to be same size. [...]
Anyway I can globally fix the italic font size in sigil to match the body text?
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If I was going to take a stab in the dark...
What's most likely happening is something odd with the CSS font-size.
But, to get to the bottom of it,
you're going to have to post an example of your HTML + CSS.
For example, go to the problematic HTML:
Code:
<p>This is an <i>italics</i> example.</p>
In Sigil, if you:
- Right-Click the <i> > Go To Link Or Style
Sigil will jump you to the correct location in the CSS:
Code:
i {
font-size: .75em; <--- This is shrinking the font to 3/4 normal size.
font-style: italic;
}
Copy/paste that code here, and maybe it can help figure out what's going on in your specific case.
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Side Note: The HTML may not be as clean/easy-to-read as <i>, but it may be named:
- <span class="italics">
- <span class="random-class-name-123">
- <i class="quark-gibberish-345">
Same logic applies though, Go to Link Or Style should (hopefully) send you to the proper location in the CSS.
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Originally Posted by ebookscovers
I have an ebook which I made in quark press, finalised in sigil. [...] I used Garamond font should I always use Times new Roman instead as standard for formatting ebook??
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In Ebooks, it's best to just leave it up to the user's preferences + NOT embed fonts. (Don't specify "Garamond" or "Times New Roman" or anything.)
This isn't like Print where you only have 1 page size + 1 design + 1 font + 1 visual look for all readers.
Ereaders read on a million different devices + override and use all types of fonts, so you, as an ebook designer, should be getting out of the way as much as possible.
For more info, see some of my posts + surrounding discussion in:
(Especially pay attention to Hitch's posts. She's been writing about the problems of embedded fonts in ebooks since... forever.)
Embedded fonts in ebooks should be used very sparingly (if at all). They should definitely NOT be used for the body of the ebook's text.