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QuietShelfLife · 04-08-2026, 11:01 AM

Hi JSWolf,

Thanks for the specific CSS example — that's exactly what I needed. You're right: when a book sets margin-bottom: 0 on paragraphs, we should respect that.

I found the issue. We fixed the widows/orphans override back in 1.0.12, but the default paragraph margin (margin-bottom: 1em) still has the same problem — it's injected at normal specificity, which means it overwrites the publisher's zero margins due to cascade order.

The fix is the same approach: wrap it in :where() so publisher CSS always wins.

To your point about priorities — the recent releases (1.0.13–1.0.15) were crash fixes and iCloud reliability issues that were affecting a lot of users. Rendering is definitely not off the radar, and your reports are directly shaping what gets fixed.

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QuietShelfLife Enthusiast Posts: 48 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2026 Device: iPad	Hi JSWolf, Thanks for the specific CSS example — that's exactly what I needed. You're right: when a book sets margin-bottom: 0 on paragraphs, we should respect that. I found the issue. We fixed the widows/orphans override back in 1.0.12, but the default paragraph margin (margin-bottom: 1em) still has the same problem — it's injected at normal specificity, which means it overwrites the publisher's zero margins due to cascade order. The fix is the same approach: wrap it in :where() so publisher CSS always wins. To your point about priorities — the recent releases (1.0.13–1.0.15) were crash fixes and iCloud reliability issues that were affecting a lot of users. Rendering is definitely not off the radar, and your reports are directly shaping what gets fixed.