text margins on generated covers

littlenellie · 10-18-2020, 08:26 PM

Hi!

Is there a way to adjust the margins, spacing or placement of text on generated covers?

On my covers I have the title, author and a synopsis (from a custom column). It works up to a point but only if I keep the synopsis really short and/or make the font size tiny. There's plenty of room on the cover for more text but it seem restricted by the margin size.

I tried the Generate Cover plug-in but that didn't help with this issue. Does anyone know of another plug-in or way to develop a custom cover layout?

EDIT: I meant to say that I'm generating books from the DOS command line, so it's the default book cover that I guess I need to change.

Many thanks!

kovidgoyal · 10-18-2020, 10:47 PM

Not without editing the code.

BetterRed · 10-19-2020, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by littlenellie

Hi!

Is there a way to adjust the margins, spacing or placement of text on generated covers?

On my covers I have the title, author and a synopsis (from a custom column). It works up to a point but only if I keep the synopsis really short and/or make the font size tiny. There's plenty of room on the cover for more text but it seem restricted by the margin size.

I tried the Generate Cover plug-in but that didn't help with this issue. Does anyone know of another plug-in or way to develop a custom cover layout?

EDIT: I meant to say that I'm generating books from the DOS command line, so it's the default book cover that I guess I need to change.

Many thanks!

Have you considered putting the synopsis in a 'jacket' page, the Polish feature can add a jacket page, IIRC Polish can be used from the command line.

BR

littlenellie · 10-19-2020, 10:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Not without editing the code.

Ah, okay. I was afraid you'd say that. Thanks, though

littlenellie · 10-19-2020, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Have you considered putting the synopsis in a 'jacket' page, the Polish feature can add a jacket page, IIRC Polish can be used from the command line.

BR

That might be a good workaround. Thanks, I'll do a bit of investigation into it!

10-18-2020, 08:26 PM	#1
littlenellie Member Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: England Device: KT4	text margins on generated covers Hi! Is there a way to adjust the margins, spacing or placement of text on generated covers? On my covers I have the title, author and a synopsis (from a custom column). It works up to a point but only if I keep the synopsis really short and/or make the font size tiny. There's plenty of room on the cover for more text but it seem restricted by the margin size. I tried the Generate Cover plug-in but that didn't help with this issue. Does anyone know of another plug-in or way to develop a custom cover layout? EDIT: I meant to say that I'm generating books from the DOS command line, so it's the default book cover that I guess I need to change. Many thanks! Last edited by littlenellie; 10-18-2020 at 09:23 PM. Reason: extra information

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,850 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Not without editing the code.

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