When I highlight a sentence with some italics on my Kobo Libra Colour, the space before the word in italics doesn't get highlighted. I use a plugin to convert automatically to kepub upon sideloading. Here is an example of the guilty structure:
Code:
The</span> <em class="calibre6">Roci</em><span> might be a decade or two past her sell-by date
I had already mentioned a similar issue a few months ago, it was solved for some time, but reading another book recently, it reappeared differently. It is probably because the structure is slightly different. Previously, it wasn't highlighting before and after the italics, but it looks like it depends on the various ways the code can be done in the epub. So now it highlights correctly after, but not before.
To me, the most obvious reason is the fact there is a space between the "</span>" and the "<em class="calibre6">".
I am currently reading a paperback book, so I haven't tested on more epubs, but I got it on a few ones from the same series of ebooks, probably due to the fact they are from the same publisher.
If there is a way to solve that issue without too much hassle, I would be very pleased, thanks!