best solution for fractions to epub?
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XMLpro
Jun 11, 2011, 7:12:55 PM6/11/11
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HI, we have a typical book to convert to epub, where the type face
permits a single character to represent some fractions, but for other
the designer has made similar looking factions by tweaking the font
size, baseline, etc. In epub export, we want a consistent look. So is
there any good solution for making nice-looking fractions that remain
good-looking in CSS? and do you folks convert the characters that are
exported as entities like ½ into numeric fractions so that the
formatting will look the same as other fractions?
permits a single character to represent some fractions, but for other
the designer has made similar looking factions by tweaking the font
size, baseline, etc. In epub export, we want a consistent look. So is
there any good solution for making nice-looking fractions that remain
good-looking in CSS? and do you folks convert the characters that are
exported as entities like ½ into numeric fractions so that the
formatting will look the same as other fractions?
William Adams
Jun 13, 2011, 7:27:17 AM6/13/11
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And here is why not implementing MathML was a bad idea for the ePub format.
Unless the _only_ fractions are those for which there are accepted entities (quarters, halves and thirds) or are using an OpenType font which you can embed (and if the ePub will only be viewed on readers which support embedded fonts) and which has superscript and subscript numeral forms, the only guaranteed option is to convert the fractions to SVG graphics and place them in the text.
William
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