03-05-2012, 07:23 PM | #1 |
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Change font size choices with calibre?
I really like PRS+' ability to easily change typefaces, but I'm a bit frustrated by the size selections on my 950.
It seems that medium is always too big, anything larger is HUGE, and Small is just too small, while Extra Small needs a magnifying glass. Is there any way in calibre or any css method to set the font size choices to more useful values? I'd love to be able to adjust type size by one or two points, instead of the large increments Sony provides. I'd be ecstatic if I could choose between 10-, 11-, 12-, 13-, 14-, and 15-point sizes. I've tried changing the Font Size Key in Common Options under Conversion preferences, but it does not seem to have any effect. Any other methods? Extra CSS settings? |
03-06-2012, 11:43 AM | #2 |
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After experimentation, I was able to change the Base Font size (to 11-pt.) in Calibre, giving at least one size between the previous Medium and Small, but the other choices are still far too much larger and smaller to be useful for text.
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03-06-2012, 02:20 PM | #3 |
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You can also use PRS+ to easily change font-sizes. You just need to create a series of .css files, each containing a different font-size (as well as your chosen font-family) e.g.
body {font-size: 0.90em; font-family:whatever} body {font-size: 0.95em; font-family:whatever} |
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Same question as ElsieC here. Could you perhaps paste in an example of a css-script jackie_w?
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@ElsieC,
Yes, but don't set your PRS+ css font-size in point units (15pt), use em units (1.25em) or percentages (125%) instead. If you use point sizes you'll find your Sony zoom button no longer has any effect. Ems and %s are scaleable -- pts (and also pixels, px, I think) are fixed. Quote:
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@font-face { font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; src: url(res:///Data/fonts/CharisSILR.ttf);} @font-face { font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; src: url(res:///Data/fonts/CharisSILI.ttf);} @font-face { font-family: serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; src: url(res:///Data/fonts/CharisSILB.ttf);} @font-face { font-family: serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; src: url(res:///Data/fonts/CharisSILBI.ttf);} body, body.calibre, body.calibre1, body.calibre2, body.calibre3, body.book { font-family: serif; font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.2} Last edited by jackie_w; 03-07-2012 at 07:15 AM. Reason: typo |
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Thank you, this worked perfectly!
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03-07-2012, 01:31 PM | #9 |
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Outstanding! Thanks very much.
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03-09-2012, 02:02 AM | #10 |
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. . . except it didn't work on books that I had already converted using Calibre (EPUB to EPUB) using the Look and Feel, Extra CSS option where I set the font to a specific font.
In case anyone else has come across this issue, here is how I fixed it: I converted the book again, this time choosing Look and Feel, Filter Style Information, and put a checkmark in the box next to "Font" to remove the font properties I had previously assigned. Now the nifty .css files jackie_w helped me create allow me to change fonts on books where I had previously set a font. Yea! ElsieC |
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If you want your ePub to use a specific font but still be able to change it if you want, use serif as the name of the font family.
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I am a little confused. Could you please tell me where I would set the font family to serif? Do you mean in the Look and Feel, Extra CSS window during conversion? I used to have the wording in the spoiler button below in that window, but removed it in lieu of using jackie_w's suggested wording for .css files in PRS+ that are in a folder ON my PRS-505. Spoiler:
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That is what you do and you can still change the font. |
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