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Old 10-01-2023, 01:26 PM   #14
RbnJrg
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My first thought was not to participate in this thread but I changed my mind. It is perfectly possible to avoid blank spaces produced by images (or another element, for example tables) under epub3. I'm not going to post the code to achieve this (at least, not for now, maybe in a future) but I can CATEGORICALLY affirm that it is possible to get what the OP proposed, with the following ereaders:

ADE 4.x (Windows), Thorium (Windows and Linux), Koodo Reader (Windows and Linux), IceCream Ebook Reader (Windows), Foliate (Linux), Readium, Bibi Reader and JSReader (all Sigil plugins on both Windows and on Linux), Calibre Viewer (Windows and Linux), EPUBReader (extension for Chrome and Firefox), ePUB Reader (another extension for Chrome and Firefox), PocketBook (Android), Gitden Reader (Android), Reasily (Android), Aldiko Next (Android), Lithium (Android), OverDrive (Android), Bluefire Reader (Android), BookFusion (Android) and Colibrio Reader (Android, which with its last update fixed all the errors and now perfectly avoids fragmentation).

Some screenshots:

1) From Readium (Sigil plugin):

a) With a font-size of 100%:
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Name:	Img1.png
Views:	230
Size:	374.4 KB
ID:	204033 Click image for larger version

Name:	Img2.png
Views:	230
Size:	480.4 KB
ID:	204034

b) After increasing font-size (120%):
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Name:	Img3.png
Views:	238
Size:	384.2 KB
ID:	204035 Click image for larger version

Name:	Img4.png
Views:	257
Size:	468.5 KB
ID:	204036

a) With a font-size of 100%:
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Name:	Img5.png
Views:	251
Size:	776.0 KB
ID:	204037 Click image for larger version

Name:	Img6.png
Views:	255
Size:	189.2 KB
ID:	204038

b) After increasing font-size (120%):
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Name:	Img7.png
Views:	251
Size:	780.2 KB
ID:	204039 Click image for larger version

Name:	Img8.png
Views:	249
Size:	226.2 KB
ID:	204040


2) From PocketBook:

a) Before increasing font-size:
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Name:	Screenshot_2023-10-01-13-14-30.png
Views:	240
Size:	246.4 KB
ID:	204046 Click image for larger version

Name:	Screenshot_2023-10-01-13-14-09.png
Views:	223
Size:	712.6 KB
ID:	204044 Click image for larger version

Name:	Screenshot_2023-10-01-13-14-39.png
Views:	266
Size:	237.0 KB
ID:	204047

b) After increasing font-size:
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Name:	Screenshot_2023-10-01-13-14-05.png
Views:	251
Size:	210.3 KB
ID:	204043 Click image for larger version

Name:	Screenshot_2023-10-01-13-14-09.png
Views:	223
Size:	712.6 KB
ID:	204044 Click image for larger version

Name:	Screenshot_2023-10-01-13-14-13.png
Views:	242
Size:	214.7 KB
ID:	204045

a) Before increasing font-size:
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Name:	Screenshot_2023-10-01-13-11-39.png
Views:	232
Size:	328.1 KB
ID:	204041

b) After increasing font-size:
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Name:	Screenshot_2023-10-01-13-12-09.png
Views:	238
Size:	276.2 KB
ID:	204042

Of course, all this can only be achieved under epub3 (and with ereaders that have full support of it); it's impossible to avoid fragmentation and the existence of blank spaces caused by images and tables due to the change of font size under epub2.

Last edited by RbnJrg; 10-01-2023 at 01:39 PM.
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