Problem with epub to mobi? Everything is monospace

elmago79 · 05-17-2011, 02:42 PM

I'm trying to convert a book from epub to mobi, but in the kindle all the fonts are monospace. In my epub, I have a CSS body declaration like this:

Code:

body
    {
    font-family: Georgia, Garamond, serif, sanserif, monospace;
    }

As far as I can tell, this is perfectly valid. However, Calibre wraps <tt> tags (that's what I see in the Inspector), so I only get monospace fonts. If I instead use:

Code:

body
    {
    font-family: Georgia, Garamond, serif;
    }

The mobi output is correct.

So I would like to ask you whether this is a bug or if maybe I'm doing something wrong (my bet is that I'm doing something wrong).

jackie_w · 05-17-2011, 09:07 PM

I don't know where the <tt> tags came from but the correct css for generic sans-serif is sans-serif not sanserif. Might this be the problem?

elmago79 · 05-20-2011, 01:00 PM

I'll see what happens when I change that. Thanks.

05-17-2011, 02:42 PM	#1
elmago79 Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: PRS-300	Problem with epub to mobi? Everything is monospace I'm trying to convert a book from epub to mobi, but in the kindle all the fonts are monospace. In my epub, I have a CSS body declaration like this: Code: body { font-family: Georgia, Garamond, serif, sanserif, monospace; } As far as I can tell, this is perfectly valid. However, Calibre wraps <tt> tags (that's what I see in the Inspector), so I only get monospace fonts. If I instead use: Code: body { font-family: Georgia, Garamond, serif; } The mobi output is correct. So I would like to ask you whether this is a bug or if maybe I'm doing something wrong (my bet is that I'm doing something wrong).

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05-17-2011, 09:07 PM	#2
jackie_w Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,247 Karma: 16539642 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: ClaraHD, Forma, Libra2, Clara2E, LibraCol, PBTouchHD3	I don't know where the <tt> tags came from but the correct css for generic sans-serif is sans-serif not sanserif. Might this be the problem?

05-20-2011, 01:00 PM	#3
elmago79 Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: PRS-300	I'll see what happens when I change that. Thanks.

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