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Originally Posted by RbnJrg
Now imagine the disaster that would occur if proper alignment weren't included, with paragraphs that should be aligned to the right or center? If you let users set the alignment, they won't get the best reading experience. By adding your own style, you give them a point of comparison between what they can get on their own and what the book can provide by default.
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Yes, that's exactly my point of view. Most of our target readers (the real people in front of the reading devices^^) use apps (no matter which app, but in this case here the reading app) with settings predefined by the app. They don't delve into the depths of configurations to pimp their reading experience, they just don't.
As a software developer I've had this to learn as well, namely that users just take what they get and as a last ressort, at a point where they get really bothered by something, they seek for a solution. So give them a best possible base point, since even if they could get a better experience manually, most of them never will.
But I'll get it with line-height, in contrast to websites it seems better to not set them for ebooks. And the overall margin 0 for the body element hat no effect on the readers I've tested (except Sigil's inbuilt reader, which has no presettings at all).
@RbnJrg
Is there a way I could get one of your ebooks or CSS to study you approaches? You seem to have great experience, and only looking at the screenshots you provided here I have multiple followup questions^^. But if your'e not comfortable don't bother, I've already learned at lot from you and say thanks for all that valuable information.