epub to pdf converion and @media print

rjwse@aol.com · 01-03-2022, 09:02 AM

I have not been successful in putting a stylesheet command in the epub editor which (1) has no effect in the EPUB viewer but (2) works in the PDF conversion. I'm compressing line height as needed to get rid of single lines left over at the end of chapters in PDFs. Normal line height is 1.3 but @media print { .l1 {line-height:1 ; }} is ignored during conversion to PDF. Is there a trick to this? Maybe the instruction is wrong? Best regards, Pop

kovidgoyal · 01-03-2022, 09:08 AM

what instruction? I dont recall the pdf conversion having any @media print instructions??

rjwse@aol.com · 01-03-2022, 09:28 AM

Please excuse my confusion. I put the style command
<style>
@media print {.l1{ line-height: 1 ; } }
</style>

along with <body class="l1"> in an xhtml segment which is a free-standing chapter. At print, I was hoping the line height would be reduced from 1.3 to 1 so that there would not be a straggler line left over. If I remove the word 'print' PDF conversion AND epub viewer reduces line height to 1. I was hoping for an instruction only honored during print. Best regards, Pop

kovidgoyal · 01-03-2022, 09:41 PM

There's no way to control that from within the book. You can specify your css rules during conversion in the Look & feel->styles section of the conversion dialog.

rjwse@aol.com · 01-05-2022, 05:29 AM

thank you for that. It works wonderfully well. I do not even need @media. I lost sight of forest for the trees. Best regards, Pop

01-03-2022, 09:02 AM	#1
rjwse@aol.com Addict Posts: 283 Karma: 2228060 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: LaVernia, Texas Device: kindle epub readers on android	epub to pdf converion and @media print I have not been successful in putting a stylesheet command in the epub editor which (1) has no effect in the EPUB viewer but (2) works in the PDF conversion. I'm compressing line height as needed to get rid of single lines left over at the end of chapters in PDFs. Normal line height is 1.3 but @media print { .l1 {line-height:1 ; }} is ignored during conversion to PDF. Is there a trick to this? Maybe the instruction is wrong? Best regards, Pop

01-03-2022, 09:28 AM	#3
rjwse@aol.com Addict Posts: 283 Karma: 2228060 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: LaVernia, Texas Device: kindle epub readers on android	Please excuse my confusion. I put the style command <style> @media print {.l1{ line-height: 1 ; } } </style> along with <body class="l1"> in an xhtml segment which is a free-standing chapter. At print, I was hoping the line height would be reduced from 1.3 to 1 so that there would not be a straggler line left over. If I remove the word 'print' PDF conversion AND epub viewer reduces line height to 1. I was hoping for an instruction only honored during print. Best regards, Pop Attached Thumbnails

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01-03-2022, 09:08 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,856 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	what instruction? I dont recall the pdf conversion having any @media print instructions??

01-03-2022, 09:41 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,856 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There's no way to control that from within the book. You can specify your css rules during conversion in the Look & feel->styles section of the conversion dialog.

01-05-2022, 05:29 AM	#5
rjwse@aol.com Addict Posts: 283 Karma: 2228060 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: LaVernia, Texas Device: kindle epub readers on android	thank you for that. It works wonderfully well. I do not even need @media. I lost sight of forest for the trees. Best regards, Pop