Trouble Getting Letter Formatting to Work in Sigil

[rosshalde]

I am trying to format a letter
I am using the following in the CSS:

.letter {margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 3em; }
.letter p{text-indent: 0; text-align: justify; font size: 1em; margin-top: 1.25em;}
.letter p.sign {text-align: right;}

That should be the code used in the suggested PDF by Pablo.
When looking at the code, here are my problems.
1) The signature is left aligned rather than right aligned
2) The font size is too large in the letter. I have tried adjusting from the 1em, but that seems to do nothing.
Essentially, it seems like this code is not being taken seriously and something else is overriding it. Any help would be appreciated.

Here is the code for that section in the book

<div class="letter">
<p>DEAR GEORGE,</p>

<p>Pa brought me two pretty books full of pictures. He got them in Alexandria. They have pictures of dogs and cats and tigers and elephants and ever so many things in them. Cousin bids me send you one of them. It has a picture of an elephant with a little Indian boy like Uncle Joe’s Sam on his back. Pa says if I do my tasks well he will let Uncle Joe bring me to see you. Will you ask your Ma to let you come to see me?</p>

<p class="sign">Your friend,</p>

<p class="sign">RICHARD HENRY LEE</p>
</div>

[PeterT]

Works fine for me

[RbnJrg]

Originally Posted by rosshalde

I am trying to format a letter
I am using the following in the CSS:

.letter {margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 3em; }
.letter p{text-indent: 0; text-align: justify; font size: 1em; margin-top: 1.25em;}
.letter p.sign {text-align: right;}

That should be the code used in the suggested PDF by Pablo.
When looking at the code, here are my problems.
1) The signature is left aligned rather than right aligned
2) The font size is too large in the letter. I have tried adjusting from the 1em, but that seems to do nothing.
Essentially, it seems like this code is not being taken seriously and something else is overriding it. Any help would be appreciated.

By chance, did you link your .css stylesheet with your .xhtml file? (right click with the mouse in the .xhtml file and select in the popup menu the "Link Stylesheets..." command)

[rosshalde]

linked the css to the .xhtml file already
is it possible that something else would be overriding this part of the css?

[theducks]

Originally Posted by rosshalde

linked the css to the .xhtml file already
is it possible that something else would be overriding this part of the css?

Anything is possible

A tiny TYPO is most likely. Validate your stylesheet

[GMcG]

The hyphen is missing in font size.
It should be font-size.

George