Overriding CSS ".articledescription"

[miwie]

How do I override the CSS for .articledescription in a recipe. The default value for font-size: 0.7em; looks to small for me.

[Tegan]

extra_css = '.articledescription {font-size: whatsizeyouprefer;}'

I think. I'm a newbie too, but it works for me.

[miwie]

Originally Posted by Tegan

extra_css = '.articledescription {font-size: whatsizeyouprefer;}'

This was my first thought too, but it does not work. After including extra_css = '.articledescription {font-size: 1.0em;}' in the recipe I still find .articledescription {...; font-size: 0.7em; ...}' in the stylesheet.css file.

Any other hints?

[kovidgoyal]

The relevant variable is template_css

[miwie]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

The relevant variable is template_css

I tried that to no avail.
How I'm supposed to override this variable? I tried setting only the wanted part (.articledescription, tried .article_description too!) as well as provided the complete (modified) content of template_css.

[kovidgoyal]

You need to replace it fully. That's where the css is taken from, though IIRC, some output profiles provide their own css, in which case it's not so easy to override.

[miwie]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

You need to replace it fully. That's where the css is taken from, though IIRC, some output profiles provide their own css, in which case it's not so easy to override.

OK, I give up now on this issue, can't get it to work (el_pais.recipe, EPUB)