Book that will not Justify

tomsem · 11-04-2022, 05:25 PM

I usually prefer to use 'ragged right' text alignment, but decided to try 'justified' alignment.

As it happens, the very first book I tried this out with, and which supports 'advanced typography', fails to justify. There's also no hyphenation. Same behavior with the iOS app and on other Kindles.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08WLWC6GZ/

I tried several other books but they justify just fine.

I converted AZW3 to KFX with calibre, side-loaded, and same result: no justification.

Curious to know if others have seen this and have figured out what might be going on.

Otherwise I guess I'll go back to my 'ragged right' life.

Sirtel · 11-04-2022, 05:30 PM

Probably the ragged right is hard-coded in the css.

JSWolf · 11-04-2022, 05:30 PM

Have you looked at the code in the Calibre editor for the KF8 version?

Sirtel · 11-04-2022, 05:34 PM

I downloaded a sample and looked at the code. Yeah, left-align is specified in the css and hyphenation is disabled.

JSWolf · 11-04-2022, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sirtel

I downloaded a sample and looked at the code. Yeah, left-align is specified in the css and hyphenation is disabled.

In the ePub, hyphenation is off but the justification is set to justify.

Sirtel · 11-04-2022, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

In the ePub, hyphenation is off but the justification is set to justify.

When you scroll down in the css, there's a line
p {text-align: initial}

That's why it wouldn't justify.

tomsem · 11-04-2022, 06:11 PM

Cool, thanks folks. It seems a bit unusual (to hard code this), not that I would know since left-align is generally what I prefer.

j.p.s · 11-04-2022, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomsem

Cool, thanks folks. It seems a bit unusual (to hard code this), not that I would know since left-align is generally what I prefer.

It's probably unusual because amazon's publishing guidelines probably forbid it, as they should.

11-04-2022, 05:25 PM	#1
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,022 Karma: 27060353 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	Book that will not Justify I usually prefer to use 'ragged right' text alignment, but decided to try 'justified' alignment. As it happens, the very first book I tried this out with, and which supports 'advanced typography', fails to justify. There's also no hyphenation. Same behavior with the iOS app and on other Kindles. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08WLWC6GZ/ I tried several other books but they justify just fine. I converted AZW3 to KFX with calibre, side-loaded, and same result: no justification. Curious to know if others have seen this and have figured out what might be going on. Otherwise I guess I'll go back to my 'ragged right' life.

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11-04-2022, 05:30 PM	#2
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 14,003 Karma: 243829945 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	Probably the ragged right is hard-coded in the css.

11-04-2022, 05:30 PM	#3
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,816 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Have you looked at the code in the Calibre editor for the KF8 version?

11-04-2022, 05:34 PM	#4
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 14,003 Karma: 243829945 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	I downloaded a sample and looked at the code. Yeah, left-align is specified in the css and hyphenation is disabled.

11-04-2022, 06:11 PM	#7
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,022 Karma: 27060353 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	Cool, thanks folks. It seems a bit unusual (to hard code this), not that I would know since left-align is generally what I prefer.

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