Problems getting text to justify

ficbot · 01-13-2010, 12:04 AM

I am trying to convert over my LRFs for the Kindle and Calibre is giving me problems with the justifying. I want the text to always be justified and it seems to be sometimes doing it, sometimes not. I figured out that the LRFs from here and from Fictionwise won't convert in a justified way and am willing to re-download those. But my HTML files, it baffles me. When I saw the problem, I re-did a batch of them all together (i.e. with one command and using the same double-checked settings) and some of them were justified and some were not. A few of the ones that were not, I went back and did again and then they were. I tried finding a preference to tell it to ALWAYS justify when it converts and could not find it. I have been manually unchecking the justify text box on the look and feel screen and yet I am still winding up with many files which need to be re-done and this is taking me a very long time. What am I doing wrong?

kovidgoyal · 01-13-2010, 11:58 AM

if your source files specify their own justification, calibre will not override that.

ficbot · 01-13-2010, 01:20 PM

How do I know if they do?

JSWolf · 01-13-2010, 02:16 PM

ficbot, the best solution is to convert your LRF to ePub. Then you can edit the CSS to fix anything needed like justification and then you can convert to Mobi without a problem.

ficbot · 01-13-2010, 02:27 PM

JSwolf- you mean I can do this all in Calibre? That will be a huge help over re-converting everything. I am just not clear what a CSS is or how to access it.

For future reference, should I download the epub and convert it when dealing with things from here or Fictionwise multiformat buys? Is that more 'future-proof' than downloading mobipocket format when years from now I may not be using an Amazon reader?

I so appreciate the help. This may save me heaps of time.

01-13-2010, 12:04 AM	#1
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	Problems getting text to justify I am trying to convert over my LRFs for the Kindle and Calibre is giving me problems with the justifying. I want the text to always be justified and it seems to be sometimes doing it, sometimes not. I figured out that the LRFs from here and from Fictionwise won't convert in a justified way and am willing to re-download those. But my HTML files, it baffles me. When I saw the problem, I re-did a batch of them all together (i.e. with one command and using the same double-checked settings) and some of them were justified and some were not. A few of the ones that were not, I went back and did again and then they were. I tried finding a preference to tell it to ALWAYS justify when it converts and could not find it. I have been manually unchecking the justify text box on the look and feel screen and yet I am still winding up with many files which need to be re-done and this is taking me a very long time. What am I doing wrong?

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01-13-2010, 11:58 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,367 Karma: 27230406 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	if your source files specify their own justification, calibre will not override that.

01-13-2010, 01:20 PM	#3
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	How do I know if they do?

01-13-2010, 02:16 PM	#4
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,786 Karma: 146391129 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	ficbot, the best solution is to convert your LRF to ePub. Then you can edit the CSS to fix anything needed like justification and then you can convert to Mobi without a problem.

01-13-2010, 02:27 PM	#5
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	JSwolf- you mean I can do this all in Calibre? That will be a huge help over re-converting everything. I am just not clear what a CSS is or how to access it. For future reference, should I download the epub and convert it when dealing with things from here or Fictionwise multiformat buys? Is that more 'future-proof' than downloading mobipocket format when years from now I may not be using an Amazon reader? I so appreciate the help. This may save me heaps of time.

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