More margin moaning

Kamikuza · 05-05-2011, 01:31 AM

After trawling through posts for a while, I thought I'd come to the understanding that the Kindle will only do margins on things like block quotes in multiples of 2em ...

... then I downloaded a sample of The Devil's Chaplain and there were quotes in there of only 1em! Or less!

What I've been trying to do, is edit an .epub in Sigil so that paragraphs have an indent only on the first line only and then the quotes are all indented as a block ... but the best I can get is the 2em

my goal is 1em text-indent and the same 1em for the margins ... but no joy.

Do .azw formats have special allowances for margin sizes?

Toxaris · 05-05-2011, 03:43 AM

That is not too hard. You have to edit your stylesheet to do this. Try to use 'text-indent: 1em;' for your paragraphs. It works for ePub, but I would assume it would also work after you convert it to mobi.

Kamikuza · 05-05-2011, 10:01 AM

I've tried that ... I can either have 1em text-indent AND 2em quote, or no text-indent and 1em quotes. Can't seem to get it to do either

Unless I'm missing something in Calibre when I convert the .epub back to .mobi ...?

Jellby · 05-05-2011, 12:21 PM

Margins in mobipocket can be specified in pixels, or ems, or percent... but always with integers. Your problem is probably due to the converter not doing the translation you'd like, but whatever it thinks is best.

Kamikuza · 05-05-2011, 09:26 PM

Does Mobipocket do conversions etc too? I can't tell by looking at the webpage ...
Derp! There it is ... the Creator. I'll give it shot tonight!

05-05-2011, 01:31 AM	#1
Kamikuza Connoisseur Posts: 62 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Japan Device: Kindle3	More margin moaning After trawling through posts for a while, I thought I'd come to the understanding that the Kindle will only do margins on things like block quotes in multiples of 2em ... ... then I downloaded a sample of The Devil's Chaplain and there were quotes in there of only 1em! Or less! What I've been trying to do, is edit an .epub in Sigil so that paragraphs have an indent only on the first line only and then the quotes are all indented as a block ... but the best I can get is the 2em my goal is 1em text-indent and the same 1em for the margins ... but no joy. Do .azw formats have special allowances for margin sizes?

05-05-2011, 09:26 PM	#5
Kamikuza Connoisseur Posts: 62 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Japan Device: Kindle3	Does Mobipocket do conversions etc too? I can't tell by looking at the webpage ... Derp! There it is ... the Creator. I'll give it shot tonight! Last edited by Kamikuza; 05-05-2011 at 09:31 PM.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
@page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; }	cybmole	Conversion	15	02-12-2011 12:57 PM
Margin margin margin	Gray Eminence	ePub	2	01-10-2011 12:17 PM
Margin question	Switch	Calibre	11	05-13-2010 04:32 PM
calibre ignore margin-top and margin-bottom	bender	Calibre	2	12-11-2009 07:58 AM

05-05-2011, 03:43 AM	#2
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	That is not too hard. You have to edit your stylesheet to do this. Try to use 'text-indent: 1em;' for your paragraphs. It works for ePub, but I would assume it would also work after you convert it to mobi.

05-05-2011, 10:01 AM	#3
Kamikuza Connoisseur Posts: 62 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Japan Device: Kindle3	I've tried that ... I can either have 1em text-indent AND 2em quote, or no text-indent and 1em quotes. Can't seem to get it to do either Unless I'm missing something in Calibre when I convert the .epub back to .mobi ...?

05-05-2011, 12:21 PM	#4
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,570 Karma: 20150435 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	Margins in mobipocket can be specified in pixels, or ems, or percent... but always with integers. Your problem is probably due to the converter not doing the translation you'd like, but whatever it thinks is best.