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ScottBury · 09-12-2023, 08:42 AM

Hello. My name is Scott Bury. I am an author and an editor, and I have used Calibre for over 10 years. I'm happy to see some of the improvements to the conversion apps. I am a little dismayed, though, by the limitations of the reader.

I have used Calibre for my own books, including [....]

I also have a question about conserving typography in epub formats: in a book I edited and formatted, the author wanted a three-line drop cap at the beginning of each chapter. In Word, it looks fine (although MS separates the cap into a floating text box). But in Calibre, even when I disable font size rescaling, the drop cap is notably smaller and placed one line too low. Anyone have a solution?

Sirtel · 09-12-2023, 11:55 AM

Hello and welcome to MobileRead!

Have you tried editing those dropcaps in the calibre editor?

09-12-2023, 08:42 AM	#1
ScottBury Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2023 Device: none	Introduction Hello. My name is Scott Bury. I am an author and an editor, and I have used Calibre for over 10 years. I'm happy to see some of the improvements to the conversion apps. I am a little dismayed, though, by the limitations of the reader. I have used Calibre for my own books, including [....] I also have a question about conserving typography in epub formats: in a book I edited and formatted, the author wanted a three-line drop cap at the beginning of each chapter. In Word, it looks fine (although MS separates the cap into a floating text box). But in Calibre, even when I disable font size rescaling, the drop cap is notably smaller and placed one line too low. Anyone have a solution? Last edited by issybird; 09-12-2023 at 11:44 AM. Reason: Deleted spammish content which should go elsewhere.

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09-12-2023, 11:55 AM	#2
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,476 Karma: 239219543 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	Hello and welcome to MobileRead! Have you tried editing those dropcaps in the calibre editor?

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