EPUB to AZW3 (Calibre): Inconsistent line height, margins, and fonts

FelixKrull · 01-07-2026, 09:11 AM

Hello there,

I’m converting EPUB files to AZW3 using Calibre and I’m trying to establish best practices for clean, consistent Kindle output (no unusual page borders, no forced fonts, proper margins, etc.).

However, I’m running into several recurring issues:

Inconsistent line height
Even with the same Kindle device and identical reader settings, different converted books show noticeably different line spacing. Some books look compact, others much more airy, although the font size and line spacing settings on the Kindle are the same.

Embedded fonts overriding Kindle fonts
In some cases, books continue to display their original embedded font on first opening, even though I select a default font on the Kindle (Atkinson Hyperlegible). This does not happen consistently across all books. Workaround: I go to font settings, then chose one of the standard font once, then chose my font - then it works)

Excessive page margins / page border look
Some converted books still have larger margins then others, giving the impression of a page frame, even when Kindle margin settings are set to minimal.

I assume this is caused by CSS rules in the source EPUB (line-height, margins, padding, body width, etc.), but I would like to avoid manual editing for every book if possible.

Questions:

What is the recommended Calibre conversion setup for EPUB to AZW3 to ensure consistent line height, no forced fonts, and minimal margins without page borders?

Is it better to rely on Calibre’s Look & Feel / Styling options, or to clean and normalize the EPUB CSS beforehand?

Are there specific CSS properties that Kindle tends to ignore or handle differently, such as line-height, margin, padding, or @font-face rules?

Any practical advice or proven workflows would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

(Note: I am not a native speaker and made this post with ai help, hope that is ok)

Sirtel · 01-07-2026, 11:31 AM

The short answer is that no consistent look is possible solely with converting. As you said, books have different values for line-height and margins in the css and also can have fonts embedded in every paragraph.

You can use Look & Feel -> Styling options to bulk remove css values. For line-height it works reasonably well, but if you remove margins that way, you'll lose ALL margins in the book, including those around chapter headings and blockquotes. The result won't look nice. The same (although to a lesser extent) applies to bulk removing all fonts - you'll lose all embedded fonts, including chapter headings and blockquotes. You may be able to live with that.

Personally, yes, I edit every ebook manually. Nothing else gives me the look I want across all my books.

FelixKrull · 01-07-2026, 12:56 PM

At the moment I use "Remove Font-family" and remove "line-heigh", and

Code:

@page { margin: 0 !important; }

html, body {
  margin: 0 !important;
  padding: 0 !important;
}

(suggested by AI)

I just saw that I also could remove "margin-left" and "margin-right" (I am not very good at css though)

Most novels for example do not have blockquotes and I would not really care about chapter headings, but big margins on my Kindle are really annoying.

So one has to work on the books Css directly I presume?

theducks · 01-07-2026, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FelixKrull

At the moment I use "Remove Font-family" and remove "line-heigh", and

Code:

@page { margin: 0 !important; }

html, body {
  margin: 0 !important;
  padding: 0 !important;
}

(suggested by AI)

I just saw that I also could remove "margin-left" and "margin-right" (I am not very good at css though)

Most novels for example do not have blockquotes and I would not really care about chapter headings, but big margins on my Kindle are really annoying.

So one has to work on the books Css directly I presume?

IMHO that usually is the fastest way to wade thru a garbage (like you have) CSS

Keyword: to understanding a CSS function: Box Model
BTW In the Calibre Editor. View: Inspector.
That even shows the model. If you expand the code ► you can select that line and the Box will show the 'effective' cascaded value, and you can backtrack to the cause .

Really handy when the cause was levels deep.

Sirtel · 01-07-2026, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FelixKrull

I just saw that I also could remove "margin-left" and "margin-right" (I am not very good at css though)

That only works if the margins in the css are defined as "margin-left" and "margin-right". Often they're just lumped all together under "margin". For example, "margin: 0 1em" - the first number is top/bottom, the second left/right. Or "margin: 0 1em 0 2em" - top/right/bottom/left respectively.

JSWolf · 01-07-2026, 06:49 PM

@FelixKrull, please post (in a code block) the original CSS (of a book that shows issues) so we can have a look.

Sirtel · 01-07-2026, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

@FelixKrull, please post (in a code block) the original CSS so we can have a look.

What, of all their books? Their problem isn't one book, but the inconsistency of css in different books.

JSWolf · 01-07-2026, 08:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sirtel

What, of all their books? Their problem isn't one book, but the inconsistency of css in different books.

I don't see how the line height can be an issue. I thought Amazon did not allow a light hight to work unless it's higher then 1.2.

The fonts and margins yes,

Sirtel · 01-07-2026, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I don't see how the line height can be an issue. I thought Amazon did not allow a light hight to work unless it's higher then 1.2.

In some books the line-height is 1.5, 1.6 or even 2.

JSWolf · 01-07-2026, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sirtel

In some books the line-height is 1.5, 1.6 or even 2.

Not many that I've seen.

Sirtel · 01-07-2026, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Not many that I've seen.

Mostly self-published or small publishers. 2 is rare, yes. OTOH, 1.5 and 1.6 I've seen many times. Also 1.3 and 1.4.

FelixKrull · 01-08-2026, 02:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I don't see how the line height can be an issue. I thought Amazon did not allow a light hight to work unless it's higher then 1.2.

The fonts and margins yes,

Removing "line-height" seems to work.

But I had a couple of books where the margins were rather large for my taste.

I guess this was one of it:

Code:

/* DESIGN PROFILE - Default */
/* Copyright 2020 Infogrid Pacific Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. */
/* Activity Name: CSS Minification */
/* Created By: Infogrid Pacific */
/* Creation Date: 2020-04-17 */
/* Modified By: Infogrid Pacific */
body, section, div, table, thead, tbody, tfoot, th, td, p, pre, ul, ol, dl, dt, dd, li, span, nav, header, footer { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
body { margin: 20px; padding: 0; }
div, section { -moz-box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; -o-box-sizing: border-box; box-sizing: border-box; }
.copyright { font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.25em; padding-top: 1em; padding-right: 1em; padding-left: 1em; }
.copyright p { text-align: center; text-indent: 0em; margin-bottom: 0em; padding-bottom: 0em; }
.galley { font-family: "Times New Roman" , Times, serif; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: left; }
p { text-indent: 0em; margin-bottom: 0em; }
p+p { text-indent: 1.3em; }
.align-right { text-align: right; }
p.leading-line { height: 1em; text-align: center; margin: 0em; }
p.leading-line+p { text-indent: 0em; }
.firstpara { text-indent: 0em; }
.attribution { font-style: italic; text-align: right; }
p.text-small { font-size: 0.9em; }
div+p { text-indent: 0em; }
div.leading-line { height: 1em; text-align: center; margin: 0em; }
div.leading-line+p { text-indent: 0em; }
p.alt { font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; }
.alt { font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; }
span.smallcaps { font-variant: small-caps; }
span.text-small { font-size: 0.9em; }
.-epub-media-overlay-active, .-readium-epub-media-overlay-active { color: red; background-color: inherit; }
.Part .title-block p { text-indent: 0; }
.Chapter .title-block p { text-indent: 0; }
.Epilogue .title-block p { text-indent: 0; }
.Prologue .title-block p { text-indent: 0; }
.frontmatter .title-block p { text-indent: 0; }
.backmatter .title-block p { text-indent: 0; }
.specials .title-block p { text-indent: 0; }
.frontmatter .title-block { padding-right: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 2em; padding-left: 1em; text-align: center; }
.frontmatter .title-block h1 { font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.25em; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; }
.frontmatter .title-block .title-sub { font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: inherit; }
.frontmatter .title-block .title-author { font-style: italic; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: inherit; }
.Part .title-block { padding-right: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-bottom: 0em; padding-top: 2em; padding-left: 1em; text-align: center; }
.Part .title-block .title-num { font-size: 1.60em; line-height: 1.25em; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; }
.Part .title-block h1 { font-size: 1.60em; line-height: 1.25em; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0em; padding-bottom: 0em; }
.Part .title-block .title-sub { font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 3em; }
.Chapter .title-block { padding-right: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 2em; padding-left: 1em; text-align: center; }
.Chapter .title-block .title-num { font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.25em; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; }
.Chapter .title-block h1 { font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.25em; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; }
.Chapter .title-block .title-sub { font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: inherit; padding-bottom: 0.5em; }
.Chapter .title-block .title-author { font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.25em; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-indent: 0; text-align: inherit; padding-bottom: 1em; }
.Epilogue .title-block { padding-right: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 2em; padding-left: 1em; text-align: center; }
.Epilogue .title-block .title-num { font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.25em; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; }
.Epilogue .title-block h1 { font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.25em; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; }
.Prologue .title-block { padding-right: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 2em; padding-left: 1em; text-align: center; }
.Prologue .title-block .title-num { font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.25em; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; }
.Prologue .title-block h1 { font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.25em; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; }
.backmatter .title-block { padding-right: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 2em; padding-left: 1em; text-align: center; }
.backmatter .title-block h1 { font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.25em; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; }
.backmatter .title-block .title-sub { font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: inherit; }
.backmatter .title-block .title-author { font-style: italic; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: inherit; }
.specials .title-block { padding-right: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 2em; padding-left: 1em; text-align: center; }
.specials .title-block h1 { font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.25em; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; }
.specials .title-block .title-sub { font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: inherit; }
.specials .title-block .title-author { font-style: italic; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: inherit; }
.cover { height: 100%; margin: 0 auto 0 auto; padding: 0; text-indent: 0; text-align: center; }
.cover img { height: 100%; margin: 0 auto 0 auto; padding: 0; }
.HalfTitle .title-block { padding-top: 3em; padding-right: 1em; padding-bottom: 0em; padding-left: 1em; }
.HalfTitle .title-block h1 { font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: center; }
.ByTheSameAuthor .title-block { padding-top: 1em; padding-right: 1em; padding-bottom: 0em; padding-left: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; }
.ByTheSameAuthor .title-block h1 { font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: center; font-style: normal; }
.ByTheSameAuthor p { font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.25em; text-indent: 0em; text-align: center; }
.Epigraph div.epigraph { padding-top: 3em; }
.Epigraph div.epigraph-verse { padding-top: 1em; }
.Epigraph div.epigraph+p { font-size: 0em; line-height: 0em; margin: 0em; }
.Epigraph div.epigraph+p+div.epigraph { padding-top: 0em; margin-top: 0em; }
.Acknowledgements p { font-style: italic; text-indent: 0em; text-align: center; }
.title-block-book { font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: center; padding-top: 3em; }
.title-block-book h1 { font-size: 2.2em; line-height: 1.25em; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; padding-bottom: 0em; margin-bottom: 0em; }
.title-block-book .title-sub { font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.25em; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-indent: 0em; text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1.5em; }
.title-block-book .title-author { font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.25em; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-indent: 0em; text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1.5em; }
.imprint { text-align: center; margin-top: 2em; padding-top: 2em; padding-top: 0em; padding-bottom: 0em; }
.imprint p { font-size: 1em; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.25em; text-indent: 0em; }
.imprint img { width: 4.25em; height: 3em; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
.title-block-book p { font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding-bottom: 0.5em; text-align: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0em; }
.title-block-book p+p { text-indent: 0em; }
.block h4 { font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: left; text-indent: 0em; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0em; padding-top: 0em; padding-right: 0em; padding-bottom: 0em; padding-left: 0em; }
.block h5 { font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: left; text-indent: 0em; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-left: 0em; padding-top: 0em; padding-right: 0em; padding-bottom: 0em; padding-left: 0em; }
.block h6 { font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: left; font-style: italic; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-left: 0em; padding-top: 0em; padding-right: 0em; padding-bottom: 0em; padding-left: 0em; }
div.epigraph { font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.25em; margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 10%; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 10%; }
div.epigraph p { font-style: italic; }
div.epigraph .attribution { font-style: normal; text-align: right; margin-top: 0em; margin-bottom: 0em; }
div.epigraph+p.leading-line { font-size: 0em; line-height: 0em; margin: 0em; }
div.epigraph+p.leading-line+div.epigraph { padding-top: 0em; margin-top: 0em; }
div.epigraph+p.blank-line+div.epigraph { padding-top: 0em; margin-top: 0em; }
div.extract { font-size: 1em; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.25em; margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; }
div.extract .attribution { text-align: right; margin-top: 0em; font-style: normal; }
div.extract+p.leading-line { font-size: 0em; line-height: 0em; margin: 0em; }
div.extract+p.leading-line+div.extract { padding-top: 0em; margin-top: 0em; }
div.extract+p.blank-line+div.extract { padding-top: 0em; margin-top: 0em; }
div.extract+div.extract { font-size: 1em; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.25em; margin-top: 0em; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; }
.Copyright { padding-top: 1.5em; }
.Frontispiece .media .figure { text-align: center; }
.Frontispiece .media .pc { text-align: center; width: auto; }
.Frontispiece .media .pc img { width: auto; }
div.align-right { display: block; text-align:right; margin-left: auto; }
.align-right table { margin: 0em 0em 0em auto; }
.section-break { font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-top: 1px solid rgb(120, 120, 120); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(120, 120, 120); padding-top: 15px; }
.galley { padding: 0em 0.5em 0em 0.5em; }
div.align-left.width-10 { margin-right:90%; }
div.align-left.width-20 { margin-right:80%; }
div.align-left.width-30 { margin-right:70%; }
div.align-left.width-40 { margin-right:60%; }
div.align-left.width-50 { margin-right:50%; }
div.align-left.width-60 { margin-right:40%; }
div.align-left.width-70 { margin-right:30%; }
div.align-left.width-80 { margin-right:20%; }
div.align-left.width-90 { margin-right:10%; }
div.align-center.width-10 { margin-left:45%; margin-right:45%; }
div.align-center.width-20 { margin-left:40%; margin-right:40%; }
div.align-center.width-30 { margin-left:35%; margin-right:35%; }
div.align-center.width-40 { margin-left:30%; margin-right:30%; }
div.align-center.width-50 { margin-left:25%; margin-right:25%; }
div.align-center.width-60 { margin-left:20%; margin-right:20%; }
div.align-center.width-70 { margin-left:15%; margin-right:15%; }
div.align-center.width-80 { margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%; }
div.align-center.width-90 { margin-left:5%; margin-right:5%; }
div.align-right.width-10 { margin-left:90%; }
div.align-right.width-20 { margin-left:80%; }
div.align-right.width-30 { margin-left:70%; }
div.align-right.width-40 { margin-left:60%; }
div.align-right.width-50 { margin-left:50%; }
div.align-right.width-60 { margin-left:40%; }
div.align-right.width-70 { margin-left:30%; }
div.align-right.width-80 { margin-left:20%; }
div.align-right.width-90 { margin-left:10%; }
div.floatgalley-left.width-10 { margin: 0.5em 1em 0.5em 0 !important; }
div.floatgalley-left.width-20 { margin: 0.5em 1em 0.5em 0 !important; }
div.floatgalley-left.width-30 { margin: 0.5em 1em 0.5em 0 !important; }
div.floatgalley-left.width-40 { margin: 0.5em 1em 0.5em 0 !important; }
div.floatgalley-left.width-50 { margin: 0.5em 1em 0.5em 0 !important; }
div.floatgalley-left.width-60 { margin: 0.5em 1em 0.5em 0 !important; }
div.floatgalley-left.width-70 { margin: 0.5em 1em 0.5em 0 !important; }
div.floatgalley-left.width-80 { margin: 0.5em 1em 0.5em 0 !important; }
div.floatgalley-left.width-90 { margin: 0.5em 1em 0.5em 0 !important; }
div.floatgalley-right.width-10 { margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em !important; }
div.floatgalley-right.width-20 { margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em !important; }
div.floatgalley-right.width-30 { margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em !important; }
div.floatgalley-right.width-40 { margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em !important; }
div.floatgalley-right.width-50 { margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em !important; }
div.floatgalley-right.width-60 { margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em !important; }
div.floatgalley-right.width-70 { margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em !important; }
div.floatgalley-right.width-80 { margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em !important; }
div.floatgalley-right.width-90 { margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em !important; }

I don't see why this books needs 150 lines of css anyway...

theducks · 01-08-2026, 08:43 AM

[QUOTE=FelixKrull;4558872

I don't see why this books needs 150 lines of css anyway...[/QUOTE]

It is called a 'House Stylesheet'.
The coders are supposed to follow it correctly

for the section they are coding.

Right!

If you use Tools: Reports IN THE EDITOR, you can see how many times each is actually used. The EDITOR can auto remove unused entries. It also has the option to merge identical styles.

JSWolf · 01-08-2026, 09:22 AM

In the posted CSS, the body is the problem. It has a margin of 20px in all 4 directions.

FelixKrull · 01-09-2026, 02:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

..The EDITOR can auto remove unused entries. It also has the option to merge identical styles.

Thanks that is rather handy, did not know about this.

01-07-2026, 09:11 AM	#1
FelixKrull Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 10738 Join Date: Aug 2018 Device: none	EPUB to AZW3 (Calibre): Inconsistent line height, margins, and fonts Hello there, I’m converting EPUB files to AZW3 using Calibre and I’m trying to establish best practices for clean, consistent Kindle output (no unusual page borders, no forced fonts, proper margins, etc.). However, I’m running into several recurring issues: Inconsistent line height Even with the same Kindle device and identical reader settings, different converted books show noticeably different line spacing. Some books look compact, others much more airy, although the font size and line spacing settings on the Kindle are the same. Embedded fonts overriding Kindle fonts In some cases, books continue to display their original embedded font on first opening, even though I select a default font on the Kindle (Atkinson Hyperlegible). This does not happen consistently across all books. Workaround: I go to font settings, then chose one of the standard font once, then chose my font - then it works) Excessive page margins / page border look Some converted books still have larger margins then others, giving the impression of a page frame, even when Kindle margin settings are set to minimal. I assume this is caused by CSS rules in the source EPUB (line-height, margins, padding, body width, etc.), but I would like to avoid manual editing for every book if possible. Questions: What is the recommended Calibre conversion setup for EPUB to AZW3 to ensure consistent line height, no forced fonts, and minimal margins without page borders? Is it better to rely on Calibre’s Look & Feel / Styling options, or to clean and normalize the EPUB CSS beforehand? Are there specific CSS properties that Kindle tends to ignore or handle differently, such as line-height, margin, padding, or @font-face rules? Any practical advice or proven workflows would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! (Note: I am not a native speaker and made this post with ai help, hope that is ok)

01-07-2026, 12:56 PM	#3
FelixKrull Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 10738 Join Date: Aug 2018 Device: none	At the moment I use "Remove Font-family" and remove "line-heigh", and Code: @page { margin: 0 !important; } html, body { margin: 0 !important; padding: 0 !important; } (suggested by AI) I just saw that I also could remove "margin-left" and "margin-right" (I am not very good at css though) Most novels for example do not have blockquotes and I would not really care about chapter headings, but big margins on my Kindle are really annoying. So one has to work on the books Css directly I presume?

01-07-2026, 06:49 PM	#6
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 81,512 Karma: 150265339 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	@FelixKrull, please post (in a code block) the original CSS (of a book that shows issues) so we can have a look. Last edited by JSWolf; 01-07-2026 at 08:26 PM.

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Epub line height problem	dorotie	Calibre	5	08-24-2010 04:23 PM

01-07-2026, 11:31 AM	#2
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 14,426 Karma: 244455419 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	The short answer is that no consistent look is possible solely with converting. As you said, books have different values for line-height and margins in the css and also can have fonts embedded in every paragraph. You can use Look & Feel -> Styling options to bulk remove css values. For line-height it works reasonably well, but if you remove margins that way, you'll lose ALL margins in the book, including those around chapter headings and blockquotes. The result won't look nice. The same (although to a lesser extent) applies to bulk removing all fonts - you'll lose all embedded fonts, including chapter headings and blockquotes. You may be able to live with that. Personally, yes, I edit every ebook manually. Nothing else gives me the look I want across all my books.

01-08-2026, 08:43 AM	#13
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,407 Karma: 62500208 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	[QUOTE=FelixKrull;4558872 I don't see why this books needs 150 lines of css anyway...[/QUOTE] It is called a 'House Stylesheet'. The coders are supposed to follow it correctly for the section they are coding. Right! If you use Tools: Reports IN THE EDITOR, you can see how many times each is actually used. The EDITOR can auto remove unused entries. It also has the option to merge identical styles.

01-08-2026, 09:22 AM	#14
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 81,512 Karma: 150265339 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	In the posted CSS, the body is the problem. It has a margin of 20px in all 4 directions.

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