Re: Sony misreading epub layout of poetry - how do I solve it?

I don't recommend using <pre> for verse because the layout breaks at 
larger font sizes; the text on the right extends past the screen and 
disappears (Sony & Nook) or wraps to the left edge (Kindle).

(And because the default font for <pre> is monospace and not all 
readers allow the font to be overridden.)

I've had success stying verse using CSS:

CSS (change indents & margins to your preferences)

div.verse {
         max-width: 600px;     // Keeps the source, if right-aligned, 
near the verse
         margin-bottom: 20px;  // Separates verse from the text that 
comes after
}

p.lineA {
         text-indent: -40px;
         margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px;  // Margins in this order: top, 
right, bottom, left
}

p.lineB { text-indent: -20px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; }


HTML

<div class="verse">
<p class="lineA">Thus communed these; while to their lowly dome,</p>
<p class="lineB">The full-fed swine return&apos;d with evening home;</p>
<p class="lineA">Compell&apos;d, reluctant, to the several sties,</p>
<p class="lineB">With din obstreperous, and ungrateful cries.</p>
</div>

For Kindle 3, put the .lineA and .lineB CSS inline (without margins):

<p style="text-indent: -20px;">

<p style="text-indent: -40px;">

This code has been tested on the Sony Reader PRS-350, Nook, and Kindle 3.

At 5/18/2011 02:35 AM, [email protected] wrote:
1b. Re: Sony misreading epub layout of poetry - how do I solve it?
     Posted by: "Lee Passey" [email protected] wlpassey
     Date: Tue May 17, 2011 3:48 pm ((PDT))
>Traditionally, poetry has been structured in HTML using the <PRE> element[1].
>Text inside a <PRE> element typically 1. does not collapse whitespace (two
>adjacent spaces will remain as two adjacent spaces); 2. does not automatically
>wrap lines (long lines will cause horizontal scrolling); and 3. is rendered in
>a fixed width font (characters appear in "columns"). Typically, all three of
>these attributes are desirable in poetry.

--Sandra Williams

Idle Spider Books
http://idlespiderbooks.com  



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