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The big problem is, getting them to work across all devices. Some readers will honor the placement, some, not so much. The vertical spacing is usually the tricky bit; the horizontal placement usually works best. If at all possible, if you can remotely use real letters instead, I'd personally recommend it, but...if it's an experiment, and you just want to play with it, it's a worthwhile exercise. :-) Hitch |
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The drop-cap displays very low on the Paperwhite but fine on the other Kindle devices. I have thought to experiment with glyphs but they seem even more unpredictable. Perhaps I can find a better html call to display the glyphs. Any criticism will be appreciated. Code:
.first_letter { font-size : 150%; font-weight : bold; /* float:left;*/ width : 1em; color : black; } Code:
span.dropcap { float: left; font-size: 2.7em; line-height: 0.8em; margin-right: 3pt; margin-bottom: -0.1em; } |
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12-03-2013, 07:51 PM | #18 |
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By the way, did you read this thread:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=212300 It's very interesting and you can adapt all code to also work in ADE. |
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I think that Dropcap looks relatively correct; I'd have to go look at our own coding for our "standard," which of course, gets tweaked every time, depending on the font. But everybody's Drops are pretty much the same, for the same reasons: only so much you can do with the limitations both in ePUB and in MOBI/K8. Hitch |
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There are many FREE 'display fonts' available which are simple to use and code as a dropcap. And they reflow fairly well (real short lines can be a PITA with a dropcap)
Images are probably a must if the book is to be converted to a format that does not support font embedding. |
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My device is slightly more modern but I was aware there were issues with older devices I also find it amazing that these still survive use this long. My original PEz developed a cracked trace (only worked with the board on the bench. Mount in the case ) Since the screen had experienced multiple 'pixel craters', I bined it after keeping the, still good battery |
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Many thanks
I have come to the conclusion that dropcap and image is a trade-off between pretty and readable and have decided to stay with the "up-cap" which merely enlarges the first letter and has no indent. There is (for me) no stumble in reading the text.
I thank all who contributed to my education. I am also thankful that I have no author or publisher hanging over my shoulder. |
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The "Dropcap" broke on too many readers (not to mention all the different EPUB reading programs out there), so the typesetter decided to nix it (and decided that a simple Raised Cap would still keep with the "spirit of the original"). As long as your code is very cleanly marked (and you are consistent in your usage), it should be EASY AS PIE to change it in the future using CSS. Here is an example of one of the books I completed last month + screenshots: Quote:
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.noindent { text-indent: 0; } span.raisedcap { font-size: 2em; } Last edited by Tex2002ans; 12-05-2013 at 03:39 PM. |
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