Paperwhite faint print. - Page 3

HarryT · 02-16-2014, 05:21 AM

Right click the book in the Calibre library and select "Edit Book". Once the book opens in the editor, open the stylesheet and delete all the "color" entries from the styles. Then re-save the book and you're done.

Ekdog · 02-16-2014, 05:46 AM

Success! Thanks.

HarryT · 02-16-2014, 06:08 AM

You're very welcome

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alanHd · 02-16-2014, 06:24 AM

If the color is not referenced in a stylesheet, is it best to find the color numbers defined and use search and replace to change the numbers to black.

HarryT · 02-16-2014, 11:05 AM

It's better to delete colour references entirely. Hard-coded colours, generally speaking, are a Bad Thing.

jemkeith · 02-19-2014, 09:46 AM

I've had that happen in a couple of books. Now I know how to fix it!
One book was just the chapter title. Another was the whole book.

jswinden · 02-19-2014, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by greenapple

Here's another book where the entire text is in faded ink:
Beyond Intent: Crossing the Threshold to Your Dreams by Gary Spinell
http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Intent-...dp/B007ZGWOBA/

It's a free book at the moment.

Besides faint text, it has some formatting issue. Probably a rushed conversion from pdf to kindle format, leaving page numbers within the text.

That, and a lot of publishers seem to use the same CSS for print and eBook versions. They forget, or don't know, that eBooks are best delivered with as little hardcoded formatting as possible. Print books are of course the opposite wherein they require a lot of hardcoded formatting.

02-19-2014, 09:46 AM	#36
jemkeith Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Nook	Thank you! I've had that happen in a couple of books. Now I know how to fix it! One book was just the chapter title. Another was the whole book.

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02-16-2014, 05:21 AM	#31
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,547 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Right click the book in the Calibre library and select "Edit Book". Once the book opens in the editor, open the stylesheet and delete all the "color" entries from the styles. Then re-save the book and you're done.

02-16-2014, 05:46 AM	#32
Ekdog Connoisseur Posts: 57 Karma: 2742 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Seville, Spain Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Success! Thanks.

02-16-2014, 06:08 AM	#33
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,547 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	You're very welcome .

02-16-2014, 06:24 AM	#34
alanHd Addict Posts: 374 Karma: 1408579 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, Ipod Touch, Ipad Air	If the color is not referenced in a stylesheet, is it best to find the color numbers defined and use search and replace to change the numbers to black.

02-16-2014, 11:05 AM	#35
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,547 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	It's better to delete colour references entirely. Hard-coded colours, generally speaking, are a Bad Thing.

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