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Mike24743490uli6
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June 10, 2022
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EPUB: What would cause this difference?

  • June 10, 2022
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Attaching screenshots of a given chapter of a book; one in the Kindle app and one in the Apple Books app. In the Kindle, it shows both "Twenty-Two" above the title and then the number 22 prior to the chapter title. In Apple books, the numerical 22 isn't shown. Why would this be?

 

I'm trying to have the chapter numbers spelled out above the chapter title, but then in the TOC have the chapters numbered like:

 

1. [Chapter 1 title]

2. [Chapter 2 title]

 

This is a reflowable epub.

Correct answer James Gifford—NitroPress

Can I control the "space after" the chapter number if it needs to be different than the space after the chapter name that way (with just a soft return), though?

 

(Also: I'd thought I'd had that pull quote after the chapter number [as I'd mentioned in my first message here], but it's actually after the chapter name.)

 

 


All four iterations need to be styled and managed separately, and then in concert. No small trick.

 

If you want a lot of control over the printed page, the two paragraph approach might be best. It gives you unlimited control on the print page but limits you to the two-line TOC display.

 

The single-Para Style, soft-return plus Char Style method means you have to juggle line spacing and then spacing below on the print page, which should be do-able. Leading is controlled, more or less, by the following paragraph, so if you have 36pt leading to separate the number and title, then 14pt Body text following will be as close as any bottom/top spacing allows.

 

This is 24/48 for the auto-numbered heading, with a following em space and 1pc space below, and 12/14 with 6pt bottom spacing for the Body:

 

Seems like that should get you where you want... or did I miss something?

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James Gifford—NitroPress
James Gifford—NitroPress
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June 10, 2022

Are these from the same EPUB, or separate exports?

 

Don't auto-number the chapter headings in any way. Use auto-numbered TOC styles.

 

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    Mike24743490uli6Author
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    June 10, 2022

    Same epub file, different reading apps.

     

    I've tried setting the TOC style to auto-number, but the TOC on the readers seems to ignore it. 

      James Gifford—NitroPress
      James Gifford—NitroPress
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      June 10, 2022

      Hmm. I was sure I had accomplished something like that, but a quick test shows both Kindle Previewer and Thorium discard the TOC numbering.

       

      The Apple reader is anomalous in many ways (vs. most EPUB readers and Kindle), so I am not surprised it shows the numbers when the others don't.

       

      There are a lot of options including things like conditional text. I will tinker with it.

       

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