Size of ebook font shrinks after being edited in Sigil

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
 I don't know if this classifies as a bug but I would like to know how to
resolve it.  This is the first time I've used Sigil and I don't know
anything about publishing software.  I downloaded Sigil to add chapter
breaks on some ebooks that I've downloaded onto my Nook. 

I uploaded an EPUB file into Sigil in order to add a Table of Contents and
Chapter headings.  That was successful. The TOC worked and I could use "Go
To" to navigate through the document.

But the modified EPUB file now has a very small typesize on the Nook
reader.  When set to Xtra Large typesize on the Nook, the typesize looked
like what you would get with a Medium size setting with other books.

I also noticed that the appearance of the typesize of the text for this
EPUB file is very small  on Sigil, in the Book View mode, compared to some
other files I put into Sigil to compare.  I compared the code to see if
there was any explanation, but don't know enough about the code to figure
it out.

How can I control the typesize of the text?

What version of the product are you using? 0.1.9 (I downloaded it yesterday)

On what operating system?  Windows XP

Thank you,

Bob Noonan

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Original issue reported on code.google.com by andugon...@gmail.com on 11 Apr 2010 at 8:23

• Merged into: #89

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Download the 0.2.0beta3 version of Sigil. The problem should go away.

Original comment by Strahinja.Markovic@gmail.com on 11 Apr 2010 at 10:38

• Changed state: Duplicate

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I meant download *and install*.

Original comment by Strahinja.Markovic@gmail.com on 11 Apr 2010 at 10:39

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I downloaded it and installed it and, yes, it worked.  Thank you very much.

Bob Noonan

Original comment by andugon...@gmail.com on 12 Apr 2010 at 2:51

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That doesn't mean I understand why it worked. I'm srill at the bottom of the 
learning
curve for this subject.

Again thanks,

Bob N.

Original comment by andugon...@gmail.com on 12 Apr 2010 at 2:53

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You could always learn a bit about the pub format itself. It's actually quite
interesting. The Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB) should 
give
you the basics and point you in the right directions. From there, you could 
read up
on the OPS and OPF specs.

Original comment by Strahinja.Markovic@gmail.com on 12 Apr 2010 at 2:23

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Thanks for the tip.

Bob N.

Original comment by andugon...@gmail.com on 12 Apr 2010 at 4:21

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Here's a pretty complete run-down of the spec:

http://www.hxa.name/articles/content/epub-guide_hxa7241_2007.html

It still doesn't really tell how to control font size output from Sigil, though 
I've
had the same problem (even with 2.0b3), I've solved it by increasing the font 
size in
the css like so:

body {text-align: justify; font-size:120%}

adjusting the percent according to the book I'm building.  This also allows me 
to
build my html specifying a smaller font size for footnotes (font size=-1) which
aren't too small to read legibly.

Hope this helps.

Original comment by jrosse...@gmail.com on 13 Apr 2010 at 4:26