Yesterday, 07:21 PM | #1 |
Addict
Posts: 217
Karma: 4562
Join Date: Sep 2011
Device: Kobo Libra 2 & Clara BW
|
<span>Surrounding text</span>
A book I'm reading puts span tags around all text. Most are
Code:
<p><span>Paragraph of text</span></p> Is there any good reason to do this? For that matter, is there any good reason to delete them all (other than a bit of space saving)? |
Yesterday, 07:29 PM | #2 |
A Hairy Wizard
Posts: 3,150
Karma: 18843349
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Charleston, SC today
Device: iPhone 15/11/X/6/iPad 1,2,Air & Air Pro/Surface Pro/Kindle PW & Fire
|
Some software programs are just weird…. But…. That particular issue is something that kobo does for their kepub books. They use that span for some of their device functionality.
The individual letters surrounded by a span are usually used to apply styling. Eg the first dropcap letter in the chapter. Since you use a kobo I’d just leave them, they don’t really hurt anything. |
Advert | |
|
Yesterday, 07:45 PM | #3 |
Addict
Posts: 217
Karma: 4562
Join Date: Sep 2011
Device: Kobo Libra 2 & Clara BW
|
This is in an original epub, not from kobo. Sounds like there's no good reason for it, but no harm either.
EDIT: A problem with strikethrough that seems to be a kobo issue, unless there's a general epub solution: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...4&postcount=44 Last edited by foosion; Yesterday at 08:45 PM. |
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Span Span Span Sigil cleaning up indesign | blackest | Sigil | 31 | 12-06-2017 10:16 AM |
Span Span Span Span | MULTIVAC | ePub | 7 | 12-06-2014 08:58 AM |
span in span: is this problematic? | tbuyus | ePub | 8 | 03-31-2013 08:01 AM |
Is there RegEx to <span> ALL CAPS text? | phossler | Sigil | 4 | 03-10-2013 02:43 PM |
Remove <br /> together with span, and only span | Razzia | Recipes | 3 | 05-30-2011 06:55 PM |