Typeface Question

[petrjahoda]

So this is how it is done as a 'beta' version.
It can work as today, until 'Fonts by Style' is enabled.
Then you can set it like you suggested (this goes for culytera).
And it also detects other texts presented in the book, in the example text set up as times new roman (maybe some info text or what).

What do you say, culytera, ok?
So a normal user, like me, will not use this option.
And advanced user, like you, have the ability to play with it more.

[mikepmiller]

Wow! I know you were asking for culytera's opinion, but for what it's worth, that looks fantastic to me. Thanks!!

[culytera]

Yeah, that looks great!

[petrjahoda]

OK, I will build the functionality tomorrow, this si just a design made inside the app without working code.
Thank you for ideas, will be in 5.6

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by petrjahoda

OK, I will build the functionality tomorrow, this si just a design made inside the app without working code.
Thank you for ideas, will be in 5.6

Before you being coding this, how are you doing the headings? Are you modifying the h styles? You also left out the spacing around the heading. The problem with the heading is not the size but the excess space around chapter headers. You have no control over the spacing.

If you do this by modifying h styles, then what happens when the same h is used someplace else?

[petrjahoda]

Yes, I am aiming all <h> tags, so if this tag is used somewhere else, it will be treated the same way. But good point, I think I will be able to aim only for h tags at the start of chapter.
And I will also look at those spaces. They do not bother me at all, but looks like they can bother others. Now I have no idea, what and how can be done with it, but I did not look into this yet.

Thank you for it.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by petrjahoda

Yes, I am aiming all <h> tags, so if this tag is used somewhere else, it will be treated the same way. But good point, I think I will be able to aim only for h tags at the start of chapter.
And I will also look at those spaces. They do not bother me at all, but looks like they can bother others. Now I have no idea, what and how can be done with it, but I did not look into this yet.

Thank you for it.

What are you going to do if the chapter starts with a <p>? A lot of eBooks use something like <p class="chapternumber">

Another problem comes if the chapter title has a subtitle. Sometimes the subtitle (or there text) has an h or a p.

IMHO, there seems to be too many barriers to allow editing the chapter titles cleanly.

[petrjahoda]

So in the meantime I made some tests.
1. I will target headings at starts of chapters
2. I am able to target black space around headings <h>

If the book is 'unproperly' formatted, then it simply does not change anything.
Unproperly is inside '', because even if there are some standard about epubs, like in here https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-33/, I have so many books bought that are done 'one this way second the other way'.

I agree that there are too many barriers and options, that this cannot be done 'properly' at all. So it will be done to, say, meet 80% of books and the rest will stay the same.

[culytera]

Some reader apps allow editing the CSS for all books/per book. I believe Kybook and Readest have that option. They're not editing the stylesheet file itself, it's more like an even more advanced customization option.