Question about styling Font-Size

GrannyGrump · 03-08-2017, 11:46 PM

I have never used , <large>, <x-small>, etc. I've always just styled font-sizes for a special , or <div>, or .

Now I am facing a project that could require Hundreds of spans (my very least favorite dessert), and I thought I would try those tags instead.

I often style and , and it seems I can also style , <large>, etc. These display fine in ADE for PC and Calibre reader. I can set to be .75em; bold; , and <large> to be 1.5em, italic --- and they work.

Stupid question of the day (but better safe than sorry) --- will other software and reading devices honor this styling?

Thanks

DaleDe · 03-09-2017, 12:57 PM

I suspect they will. The sizing was in the original spec prior to ePub. However, I do not know if CSS will work to adjust them.

GrannyGrump · 03-10-2017, 04:09 AM

I guess I will give it a go. What's the worst that could happen, after all...

Thanks

JSWolf · 03-15-2017, 02:48 PM

You could do a .small, .large, .x-small, etc (in the CSS) and then use a span and that will work.

GrannyGrump · 03-16-2017, 12:11 AM

Yes, I am going to have to go with a span. It turns out that <large> <x-large> etc have all been deprecated, and , the only survivor of those tags, is now intended as a sematic markup. Thanks to Tex2000ans for pointing me to the information.

JSWolf · 03-16-2017, 07:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrannyGrump

Yes, I am going to have to go with a span. It turns out that <large> <x-large> etc have all been deprecated, and , the only survivor of those tags, is now intended as a sematic markup. Thanks to Tex2000ans for pointing me to the information.

Where is it shown that <large>, <x-large>, etc. are deprecated? They aren't in ePub 2 and for an ePub renderer to be ePub 2 compatible, they have to be supported.

GrannyGrump · 03-17-2017, 01:17 AM

Sorry, I was sloppy in my statement. Those *entities* (enclosed in <>) are deprecated in html5, but possibly they are ok for epub. The *terms* (without the <>) are definitely still ok in epub when used to define classes in the css.

03-08-2017, 11:46 PM	#1
GrannyGrump Obsessively Dedicated... Posts: 3,200 Karma: 34977896 Join Date: May 2011 Location: JAPAN (US expatriate) Device: Sony PRS-T2, ADE on PC	Question about styling Font-Size I have never used <small>, <large>, <x-small>, etc. I've always just styled font-sizes for a special <p>, or <div>, or <span>. Now I am facing a project that could require Hundreds of spans (my very least favorite dessert), and I thought I would try those tags instead. I often style <em> and <strong>, and it seems I can also style <small>, <large>, etc. These display fine in ADE for PC and Calibre reader. I can set <small> to be .75em; bold; , and <large> to be 1.5em, italic --- and they work. Stupid question of the day (but better safe than sorry) --- will other software and reading devices honor this styling? Thanks Last edited by GrannyGrump; 03-08-2017 at 11:56 PM.

03-16-2017, 12:11 AM	#5
GrannyGrump Obsessively Dedicated... Posts: 3,200 Karma: 34977896 Join Date: May 2011 Location: JAPAN (US expatriate) Device: Sony PRS-T2, ADE on PC	Yes, I am going to have to go with a span. It turns out that <large> <x-large> etc have all been deprecated, and <small>, the only survivor of those tags, is now intended as a sematic markup. Thanks to Tex2000ans for pointing me to the information.

03-17-2017, 01:17 AM	#7
GrannyGrump Obsessively Dedicated... Posts: 3,200 Karma: 34977896 Join Date: May 2011 Location: JAPAN (US expatriate) Device: Sony PRS-T2, ADE on PC	Sorry, I was sloppy in my statement. Those entities (enclosed in <>) are deprecated in html5, but possibly they are ok for epub. The terms (without the <>) are definitely still ok in epub when used to define classes in the css. Last edited by GrannyGrump; 03-17-2017 at 06:11 AM.

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03-09-2017, 12:57 PM	#2
DaleDe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,470 Karma: 13095790 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Grass Valley, CA Device: EB 1150, EZ Reader, Literati, iPad 2 & Air 2, iPhone 7	I suspect they will. The sizing was in the original spec prior to ePub. However, I do not know if CSS will work to adjust them.

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GrannyGrump Obsessively Dedicated... Posts: 3,200 Karma: 34977896 Join Date: May 2011 Location: JAPAN (US expatriate) Device: Sony PRS-T2, ADE on PC	I guess I will give it a go. What's the worst that could happen, after all... Thanks

03-15-2017, 02:48 PM	#4
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 74,037 Karma: 129333114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	You could do a .small, .large, .x-small, etc (in the CSS) and then use a span and that will work.

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