Best Font for Libra 2

[Number9]

Originally Posted by Skydog

You're not blind, it's missing.

Phew!

[tschucha]

Originally Posted by DrChiper

There is an updated Bitter type: Bitter Pro.
The line spacing can be solved by including "line-height: normal" into your CSS file (for instance in de body {} section). Somehow kobo's assume for Bitter (Pro) some weird default line height.

Maybe I'm a bit dense but where do you go to add the "line-height: normal" into your CSS file ? Is this something that needs to be added in Calibre? If so how do I do it? I looked but didn't find it.

[Skydog]

Originally Posted by tschucha

Maybe I'm a bit dense but where do you go to add the "line-height: normal" into your CSS file ? Is this something that needs to be added in Calibre? If so how do I do it? I looked but didn't find it.

The answer was provided in the quote you included in your post:

Originally Posted by DrChiper

There is an updated Bitter type: Bitter Pro.
The line spacing can be solved by including "line-height: normal" into your CSS file (for instance in the body {} section). Somehow kobo's assume for Bitter (Pro) some weird default line height.

[tschucha]

Originally Posted by Skydog

The answer was provided in the quote you included in your post:

"The line spacing can be solved by including "line-height: normal" into your CSS file (for instance in the body {} section)."

That's what I am looking for clarification on. Where can I find the css file that includes the body {} section?

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by tschucha

"The line spacing can be solved by including "line-height: normal" into your CSS file (for instance in the body {} section)."

That's what I am looking for clarification on. Where can I find the css file that includes the body {} section?

Open the book in the editor (Edit book).

[hobnail]

Originally Posted by tschucha

"The line spacing can be solved by including "line-height: normal" into your CSS file (for instance in the body {} section)."

That's what I am looking for clarification on. Where can I find the css file that includes the body {} section?

Not all ebooks have css for the body tag. Or they may have a div tag that encloses the entire chapter, which may need its css fixed. If your stylesheet.css or whatever it's called doesn't have anything for the body tag you can add it;

body {
  line-height: 1.2;  /* or normal */
}

[tschucha]

Originally Posted by hobnail

Not all ebooks have css for the body tag. Or they may have a div tag that encloses the entire chapter, which may need its css fixed. If your stylesheet.css or whatever it's called doesn't have anything for the body tag you can add it;

body {
  line-height: 1.2;  /* or normal */
}

Can I add this for all books in Calibre by going to Preferences-Conversion-Common Opitions-Look & Feel- Styling-Extra CSS?

body {
line-height: 1.2; /* or normal */
}

[hobnail]

Originally Posted by tschucha

Can I add this for all books in Calibre by going to Preferences-Conversion-Common Opitions-Look & Feel- Styling-Extra CSS?

body {
line-height: 1.2; /* or normal */
}

Yes, but it doesn't always work. That's what I did early on. The problem is if a tag has a class, that css takes precedence over a naked tag. E.g., if it says body class="calibre1" then it'll use the .calibre1 css and not yours. Even worse, some have body style="some crap" but I think calibre will convert that to a class in the .css file. I've resorted to deleting the class="whatever" on all of the body tags, likewise on all of the p tags for the body text. This is after I convert to EPUB. The kindle files are pretty ugly and calibre cleans up a lot of their garbage during the conversion.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Krios

Bitter is great, it is manually spaced so it fits more characters per line than any other font i tried, it even looks great when text is justified because it almost eliminates uneven word spacing.
Only minus is, it can look a little bit squarish.

Does Bitter have ligatures? (My Kobo is downstairs or I would just install it and check.)

[Deobulakenyo]

Pardon my ignorance but is ligatures GOOD or BAD in ereaders?

What is the implication if a font has ligatures?

[Uncle Robin]

Originally Posted by Deobulakenyo

Pardon my ignorance but is ligatures GOOD or BAD in ereaders?

What is the implication if a font has ligatures?

Ligatures are joined characters - some people consider them to be absolutely indispensable to the reading experience, others care so little about them they may not even notice their presence or absence. YMMV, personally, I couldn't give a Continental for them in English, but empathize with those who do care because I hate their absence in Hindi.

[tschucha]

Originally Posted by hobnail

Yes, but it doesn't always work. That's what I did early on. The problem is if a tag has a class, that css takes precedence over a naked tag. E.g., if it says body class="calibre1" then it'll use the .calibre1 css and not yours. Even worse, some have body style="some crap" but I think calibre will convert that to a class in the .css file. I've resorted to deleting the class="whatever" on all of the body tags, likewise on all of the p tags for the body text. This is after I convert to EPUB. The kindle files are pretty ugly and calibre cleans up a lot of their garbage during the conversion.

Did you do this by creating a rule in Calibre by going to Preferences-Conversion-Common Opitions-Look & Feel- Transform styles?

Also on the in Preferences-Conversion-Common Opitions-Look & Feel- Styling page at the bottom is a Filter style information box that allows you to completely remove stuff. Do you know if it is safe to remove Fonts and Margins? Some converted epub books do not allow a kobo reader to change fonts at all and others seem to have a large margin on the left side for no apparent reason. I'd love to get rid of both of these issues.

At the present time I haven't been able to find any books to test this on.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by tschucha

Did you do this by creating a rule in Calibre by going to Preferences-Conversion-Common Opitions-Look & Feel- Transform styles?

Also on the in Preferences-Conversion-Common Opitions-Look & Feel- Styling page at the bottom is a Filter style information box that allows you to completely remove stuff. Do you know if it is safe to remove Fonts and Margins? Some converted epub books do not allow a kobo reader to change fonts at all and others seem to have a large margin on the left side for no apparent reason. I'd love to get rid of both of these issues.

At the present time I haven't been able to find any books to test this on.

It may be safe with some books, but not with others (it may remove section breaks and other necessary margins as well). The only foolproof way is to do it in the editor manually.

The large left margin usually appears when the book is converted from the old mobi format. I've removed them in the editor from hundreds of my older Amazon purchases.

[Krios]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Does Bitter have ligatures? (My Kobo is downstairs or I would just install it and check.)

It has more common ones, like fi, fl, ff, ffi, ffl.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Krios

It has more common ones, like fi, fl, ff, ffi, ffl.

Thank you! Really, it's only fi that I especially look for, though the others are nice.