11-11-2023, 06:12 PM | #61 |
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I have used CSS to add extra space for a paragraph on request. I also removed the paragraph indentation. I'm one of those who feels you can one or the other but not both and my preference is the indent.
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11-11-2023, 07:47 PM | #62 |
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Certainly, if you are trying to achieve a specific effect, but use css to achieve it (as you mentioned). I agree, indent (preferable) OR spacing, but not both. The devices JSWolf mentioned which don’t have a setting for paragraph spacing are, by default, pushing the indent.
To clarify my response from above: inserting a blank paragraph breaks the paragraph spacing functionality on most of the devices/apps that support it. That functionality is intended to let the user set the reading environment as THEY wish. Empty paragraph markers don’t allow the user to have indents with zero paragraph space… and at least double the paragraph spacing the user selects (on devices with that functionality). Manually inserting empty paragraphs to create space between paragraphs is, at minimum, bad form… |
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Similarly ANY other directly typed white space such as spaces or tabs is evil. All decent wordprocessors allow paragraph styles: Left margin Right margin First line indent Top margin Bottom margin Padding separate all four sides or common Outline per side or all and kind of it (curved corners might not work) Orphans Widows Keep with next paragraph Insert page break before Set a heading level List format (not all options work in conversion) kind of layout (left, right, centred) LtoR vs RtoL Registered (for paper so lines on the other side line up) Line Height (only use for PDFs) Font stuff (face, family, size, spacing) Etc. Any decent docx to epub will map all these to CSS 1:1, perfectly. Too many people are using wod processors like glass typewriters. |
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ALSO--you don't use non-breaking spaces or that nonsense for BLANK LINES. Utter bollox. Use CSS or don't do it at all. You have no way of knowing what renderers will do on various devices. Assuming that nbsp will work is..folly. Hitch |
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