Different font sizes in mobi?

veezh · 08-21-2010, 06:56 AM

Hi All,

I'm trying to convert an HTML file to mobi format with calibre.

In the HTML, the font size of all hard (non-breaking) spaces is set to 6pt. The rest of the body text is set to 12pt.

For some reason, the mobi conversion doesn't appear to retain this difference -- all spaces are the same size (12pt) in the calibre viewer (I'm slowly converting my library to mobi before the Kindle 3 I ordered arrives).

I tried replacing the pt values with pixel values, but the result is the same (hard spaces are the same size as normal spaces).

Strangely, when I convert to epub, the difference is retained.

Is it possible to retain different font sizes in mobi? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

TIA

GeoffC · 08-21-2010, 10:36 AM

Welcome to mobileread ....

Perhaps you should have posted this question into the Calibre thread .... [ask a mod to shift it accordingly]

In the Calibre Convert panel for "Look & Feel" there is a check box for "Disable font size rescaling" - But I do not know what it does to the output ....

veezh · 08-22-2010, 04:20 AM

Thanks, GeoffC!

I think I figured out what the problem was. It had to do with the HTML I had generated in Adobe Acrobat. For some reason, calibre didn't like the <SPAN style> tags containing the font size info.

I went back to the original Word file, saved as HTML (filtered) and then processed with Mobipocket Creator, and the different font sizes were retained.

Incidentally, Mobipocket Creator didn't like the <SPAN style> tags either.

GeoffC · 08-22-2010, 04:28 AM

Glad you sorted that one out

[as well as the html file, you had a style sheet ?]

08-21-2010, 06:56 AM	#1
veezh plus ça change Posts: 101 Karma: 32134 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: France Device: Kindle PW2, Voyage	Different font sizes in mobi? Hi All, I'm trying to convert an HTML file to mobi format with calibre. In the HTML, the font size of all hard (non-breaking) spaces is set to 6pt. The rest of the body text is set to 12pt. For some reason, the mobi conversion doesn't appear to retain this difference -- all spaces are the same size (12pt) in the calibre viewer (I'm slowly converting my library to mobi before the Kindle 3 I ordered arrives). I tried replacing the pt values with pixel values, but the result is the same (hard spaces are the same size as normal spaces). Strangely, when I convert to epub, the difference is retained. Is it possible to retain different font sizes in mobi? Any help would be greatly appreciated! TIA

08-21-2010, 10:36 AM	#2
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Welcome to mobileread .... Perhaps you should have posted this question into the Calibre thread .... [ask a mod to shift it accordingly] In the Calibre Convert panel for "Look & Feel" there is a check box for "Disable font size rescaling" - But I do not know what it does to the output .... Last edited by GeoffC; 08-21-2010 at 10:39 AM.

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08-22-2010, 04:20 AM	#3
veezh plus ça change Posts: 101 Karma: 32134 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: France Device: Kindle PW2, Voyage	Thanks, GeoffC! I think I figured out what the problem was. It had to do with the HTML I had generated in Adobe Acrobat. For some reason, calibre didn't like the <SPAN style> tags containing the font size info. I went back to the original Word file, saved as HTML (filtered) and then processed with Mobipocket Creator, and the different font sizes were retained. Incidentally, Mobipocket Creator didn't like the <SPAN style> tags either.

08-22-2010, 04:28 AM	#4
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Glad you sorted that one out [as well as the html file, you had a style sheet ?]