Transform Styles to select specific line-height

[Rellwood]

I don't know how many times I open a book after conversion and find that the author has indicated the line height to be 150%, 1.5, or more. I already autoconvert all books to remove extra lines between paragraphs, but what is the "transform styles" that could be applied for line height, considering each book has different ways of indicating line-height.
Incoming=
line-height: 150%
line-height: 150%;
line-height: 1.5;
line-height: 200%;

transform style= line-height: 1.2;

[JSWolf]

Are wanting to change the line-height on a Kindle? If so, don't bother. It won't matter. Kindle's ignore line-heights of (I think) 1.2em or less and the default is 1.2em.

[rashkae]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Are wanting to change the line-height on a Kindle? If so, don't bother. It won't matter. Kindle's ignore line-heights of (I think) 1.2em or less and the default is 1.2em.

That's incorrect. 1.2 is the minimum, but css can increase it.

But if this is meant for a books for eareaders,, why not simply strip out line-height,,, (with a caveat, that will mess up some drop caps.)

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by rashkae

That's incorrect. 1.2 is the minimum, but css can increase it.

But if this is meant for a books for eareaders,, why not simply strip out line-height,,, (with a caveat, that will mess up some drop caps.)

I did say Kindle ignores line-heights of 1.2em or less. So yes, I said the same thing just in a different way. So no it's not incorrect.

Simple solution, don't use drop caps.

[Rellwood]

I can say that stripping the line height does kill the book's formatting, and as for Kindles, they certainly do allow for line height adjustment. This is one of my biggest pet-peeves. I like the line spacing to be pretty close, but if the author has both increased the line height and more often than not added spacing between paragraphs, I end up with pages holding only a few sentences. So I have learned to open each book upon receiving it and edit for height. After that I so a pre-set convert so that the rest of it is formatted.

I also am not sure exactly what the "pt" means on the line height ajustment. Would that convert to 100's? 1.2 = 120%?

[sherman]

Originally Posted by Rellwood

I don't know how many times I open a book after conversion and find that the author has indicated the line height to be 150%, 1.5, or more. I already autoconvert all books to remove extra lines between paragraphs, but what is the "transform styles" that could be applied for line height, considering each book has different ways of indicating line-height.
Incoming=
line-height: 150%
line-height: 150%;
line-height: 1.5;
line-height: 200%;

transform style= line-height: 1.2;

Hi, I do a similar thing, although I remove the line-heights rather than change them.

Attached is an image which shows you what settings you need to do to convert most line heights above a certain amount to line-height: 1.2em (change to suit).

Note the use of unitless 1.2 in the "greater than" field. This will automatically do a conversion for you, and is (roughly) equivalent to 120% or 1.2em.

Hope this helps!