CSS to force line height/spacing?

[AccidentallyLazy]

Is there any CSS you can add to the stylesheet or when converting to force a specific/set line spacing/line height? This would over-ride the 'spacing' setting on the Kindle preferably.

Thanks.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by AccidentallyLazy

Is there any CSS you can add to the stylesheet or when converting to force a specific/set line spacing/line height? This would over-ride the 'spacing' setting on the Kindle preferably.

Thanks.

Perchance the CSS line-height property would do what you want. See CSS line-height Property. This will depend on how the renderer interprets it and whether you can override or add to the built-in line height. Unfortunately, it will not allow negative line heights.

[AccidentallyLazy]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Perchance the CSS line-height property would do what you want. See CSS line-height Property. This will depend on how the renderer interprets it and whether you can override or add to the built-in line height. Unfortunately, it will not allow negative line heights.

Ah cannot go below 1.2, so i guess it's the font which has some kind of inherent taller line spacing. Thanks anyway.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by AccidentallyLazy

Ah cannot go below 1.2, so i guess it's the font which has some kind of inherent taller line spacing. Thanks anyway.

You can imitate going lower then a line height of 1.2 with ChareInk. I coded the metrics so it give a smaller line height with Kindles. Grab one of the hinted versions.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=184056

[AccidentallyLazy]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

You can imitate going lower then a line height of 1.2 with ChareInk. I coded the metrics so it give a smaller line height with Kindles. Grab one of the hinted versions.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=184056

I'd rather use Capita sorry.

I did work out that it is possible to have a *larger* base line height of say 1.7 but then use the narrowest spacing option on the kindle, it then looks a lot more natural.

Problem is this will only work with AZW3 files, if I want the enhanced type of KFX it will always normalise to 1.2 to force you to use the 3 spacing settings on the kindle.

Good learning experience anyway, I may sell the Oasis and pick up a Kobo for more fine adjustment.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by AccidentallyLazy

I'd rather use Capita sorry.

I did work out that it is possible to have a *larger* base line height of say 1.7 but then use the narrowest spacing option on the kindle, it then looks a lot more natural.

Problem is this will only work with AZW3 files, if I want the enhanced type of KFX it will always normalise to 1.2 to force you to use the 3 spacing settings on the kindle.

Good learning experience anyway, I may sell the Oasis and pick up a Kobo for more fine adjustment.

I did noticed when I was trying out KFX the other day that the line height when using CareInk was higher then it should have been. It's another flaw in KFX (IMHO). The smaller line height in ChareInk does work well with KF8.

[hobnail]

Originally Posted by AccidentallyLazy

I'd rather use Capita sorry.

That's a nice looking font. It's what's called a low contrast typeface; my favorite kind.