Conditional CSS for ADE readers

democrite · 09-22-2013, 03:42 AM

Hi,

I have an ePub with Greek characters as well as words placed in emphasis with letter-spacing instead of italics. For ADE readers, I'm embedding a font. What I'd like is for ADE readers to use that font with a specific line-height and default font size.

For the letter-spacing, I've specified that although since ADE doesn't support it, I'd like a custom font used in that case.

The ADE specific xpgt file seems to be the way although I haven't spent much time figuring how to do it with that. I think that would cover all cases: ADE would use the custom font, and all others readers, would likely support letter-spacing.

If that's the preferred method, any examples would be helpful.

Thanks.

Jellby · 09-22-2013, 04:05 AM

"letter-spacing" is not a required property in the ePub 2 spec, so there could be many other readers that don't support it, other than ADE.

democrite · 09-22-2013, 04:41 AM

Ah. I thought that would be a likely response.

The epub isn't for commercial purposes but for several friends so I think any of those cases I can ignore for the moment. Though, I am curious which readers don't use ADE and also do not use a modern HTML like likely all tablets and smart phones.

Doitsu · 09-22-2013, 05:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by democrite

The ADE specific xpgt file seems to be the way although I haven't spent much time figuring how to do it with that.

It's actually pretty straightforward, for more information see this post by Jellby.

Quote:

Originally Posted by democrite

If that's the preferred method, any examples would be helpful.

I used the XPGT method in a simple German blackletter epub. (I used   between letters as a workaround for ADE readers and regular CSS styling for all other readers.)

(This method was used in the (FRAKTUR).epub file only.)

democrite · 09-23-2013, 09:10 PM

Thanks Doitsu,

I was able to figure it out.

09-22-2013, 03:42 AM	#1
democrite Evangelist Posts: 441 Karma: 77256 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: none	Conditional CSS for ADE readers Hi, I have an ePub with Greek characters as well as words placed in emphasis with letter-spacing instead of italics. For ADE readers, I'm embedding a font. What I'd like is for ADE readers to use that font with a specific line-height and default font size. For the letter-spacing, I've specified that although since ADE doesn't support it, I'd like a custom font used in that case. The ADE specific xpgt file seems to be the way although I haven't spent much time figuring how to do it with that. I think that would cover all cases: ADE would use the custom font, and all others readers, would likely support letter-spacing. If that's the preferred method, any examples would be helpful. Thanks.

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09-22-2013, 04:05 AM	#2
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,548 Karma: 19500001 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	"letter-spacing" is not a required property in the ePub 2 spec, so there could be many other readers that don't support it, other than ADE.

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democrite Evangelist Posts: 441 Karma: 77256 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: none	Ah. I thought that would be a likely response. The epub isn't for commercial purposes but for several friends so I think any of those cases I can ignore for the moment. Though, I am curious which readers don't use ADE and also do not use a modern HTML like likely all tablets and smart phones.

09-23-2013, 09:10 PM	#5
democrite Evangelist Posts: 441 Karma: 77256 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: none	Thanks Doitsu, I was able to figure it out.

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