Newspaper Font?

luthar28 · 08-30-2011, 01:49 PM

The book I"m converting has a series of newspaper articles at the end of the book (kind of like an epilogue). Now I know I shouldn't be screwing with fonts too much...is there a way to give a good visualization of a newspaper?

Jellby · 08-31-2011, 03:42 AM

You cannot change font in mobipocket, but you can use <blockquote>, which would give you a left margin. However, it only makes sense if the blockquotes are mixed with normal text, otherwise you are simply wasting screen space.

DiapDealer · 08-31-2011, 10:41 AM

The Kindle (and its apps) recognizes the html <tt> tag to create a boxy "Typewriter/Teletype Text" style and will display that text using a different (monospaced) built-in font. I'm not sure if that would be suitable for your needs, but I've used it for similar effects. I suggest trying it out.

luthar28 · 09-02-2011, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

The Kindle (and its apps) recognizes the html <tt> tag to create a boxy "Typewriter/Teletype Text" style and will display that text using a different (monospaced) built-in font. I'm not sure if that would be suitable for your needs, but I've used it for similar effects. I suggest trying it out.

Nice! Perfect. Works great. I didn't need anything fancy...just so that it looks somewhat like a newspaper (so they know they're reading something different).

Do you know (and I can just test it) whether this would be valid for ePub too?

DiapDealer · 09-02-2011, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by luthar28

Nice! Perfect. Works great. I didn't need anything fancy...just so that it looks somewhat like a newspaper (so they know they're reading something different).

Do you know (and I can just test it) whether this would be valid for ePub too?

ADE seems to render it in a different font, but I'm not sure about the various ePub devices. It doesn't look as much like a teletype/typewriter font to me in ADE, but it does render in a monospaced font.

Also, you may have to adjust the font size in relation to your "normal" text.

08-30-2011, 01:49 PM	#1
luthar28 Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kindle	Newspaper Font? The book I"m converting has a series of newspaper articles at the end of the book (kind of like an epilogue). Now I know I shouldn't be screwing with fonts too much...is there a way to give a good visualization of a newspaper?

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08-31-2011, 03:42 AM	#2
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,570 Karma: 20150435 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	You cannot change font in mobipocket, but you can use <blockquote>, which would give you a left margin. However, it only makes sense if the blockquotes are mixed with normal text, otherwise you are simply wasting screen space.

08-31-2011, 10:41 AM	#3
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,880 Karma: 207000000 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	The Kindle (and its apps) recognizes the html <tt> tag to create a boxy "Typewriter/Teletype Text" style and will display that text using a different (monospaced) built-in font. I'm not sure if that would be suitable for your needs, but I've used it for similar effects. I suggest trying it out.