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dw28 · 09-02-2022, 01:55 AM

I've converted some .epub files to .kepub using kepubify, and learned enough add a little .css to the command line argument to adjust the font size to match the usual size that my Clara HD displays regular .epub files.

I'm doing the conversion for the better footnote handling, for books that have a lot of them...
...but one aspect that's niggling me is that using .kepub appears to hard-wire an orphans/widows value of 1 now, so I end up with a bunch of disjointed first/last lines, where I'd much rather it retained the regular default setting (which I understand is 2).
All the info about it I've managed to find in searches is apparently celebrating the override - apparently most people prefer chopped up paragraphs to "wasted space". I'm definitely the opposite :-)

I've tried adding "body {orphans: 2; widows: 2;}" to the css additions, even tried "body {orphans: 2 !important; widows: 2 !important;}" to attempt to force the issue, but both seem to be ignored.

Is there any way to achieve this with .kepub files?

09-02-2022, 01:55 AM	#1
dw28 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2022 Device: Kobo Clara HD	*Read converted kepub files without* overriding orphans/widows?** I've converted some .epub files to .kepub using kepubify, and learned enough add a little .css to the command line argument to adjust the font size to match the usual size that my Clara HD displays regular .epub files. I'm doing the conversion for the better footnote handling, for books that have a lot of them... ...but one aspect that's niggling me is that using .kepub appears to hard-wire an orphans/widows value of 1 now, so I end up with a bunch of disjointed first/last lines, where I'd much rather it retained the regular default setting (which I understand is 2). All the info about it I've managed to find in searches is apparently celebrating the override - apparently most people prefer chopped up paragraphs to "wasted space". I'm definitely the opposite :-) I've tried adding "body {orphans: 2; widows: 2;}" to the css additions, even tried "body {orphans: 2 !important; widows: 2 !important;}" to attempt to force the issue, but both seem to be ignored. Is there any way to achieve this with .kepub files?