: Re: How to make Epub look good? I would like to design an ebook in InDesign but I am struggling with the formatting. The book it looks bad in epub format. I did research and I understand that

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Add this css to Indesign (this should be a text file but I'm not going to go through it and add four spaces to each line)

/*
This document has been created with Marked.app markedapp.com, Copyright 2011 Brett Terpstra

Please leave this notice in place, along with any additional credits below.

Title: Manuscript
Author: Brett Terpstra
Description: Courier, Double-spaced
*/
body {
-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased;
font: normal 1em/2.5em "Courier", monospace;
margin: 4em 1in 1in 4em;
width: auto; }

html > body {
font-size: 12pt; }

h1 {
text-align: center;
font-size: 2.2857em;
margin: .6563em 0; }

h2 {
font-size: 1.7143em;
margin: .875em 0; }

h3 {
text-align: center;
font-size: 1.5em;
margin: 1em 0; }

h4 {
font-size: 1.2857em;
margin: 1.1667em 0; }

h5 {
font-size: 1.15em;
margin: 1.3em 0; }

h6 {
font-size: 1em;
margin: 1.5em 0; }

body, p, td, div {
color: #111111 ;
font-family: "Courier", monospace;
word-wrap: break-word; }

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
color: #111111 ;
font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
line-height: 1.5em; }

a {
color: #0d6ea1 ;
text-decoration: none;
-webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out;
-moz-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out;
-o-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out;
-ms-transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out;
transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; }
a:hover {
color: #3593d9; }

.footnote {
color: #0d6ea1;
font-size: .8em;
vertical-align: super; }

wrapper img {

max-width: 100%;
height: auto; }

dd {
margin-bottom: 1em; }

li > p:first-child {
margin: 0; }

ul ul, ul ol {
margin-bottom: .4em; }

caption, col, colgroup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr {
border-spacing: 0; }

table {
border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
border-collapse: collapse;
display: table;
empty-cells: hide;
margin: -1px 0 23px;
padding: 0;
table-layout: fixed; }

caption {
display: table-caption;
font-weight: 700; }

col {
display: table-column; }

colgroup {
display: table-column-group; }

tbody {
display: table-row-group; }

tfoot {
display: table-footer-group; }

thead {
display: table-header-group; }

td, th {
display: table-cell; }

tr {
display: table-row; }

table th, table td {
padding: 0 1em; }

table thead {
background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); }

table tbody {
background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); }

table tfoot {
background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
border-top: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); }

figure {
display: inline-block;
position: relative;
margin: 1em 0 2em; }

figcaption {
font-style: italic;
text-align: center;
background: white;
color: #666666;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
bottom: -24px;
width: 98%;
padding: 1%;
-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
-moz-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
-o-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
-ms-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; }

figure:hover > figcaption {
/* background: rgba(0,0,0,1) */ }

.poetry pre {
display: block;
font-family: Georgia, Garamond, serif !important;
font-style: italic;
margin-left: 1em; }
.poetry pre code {
font-family: Georgia, Garamond, serif !important;
word-break: break-all;
word-break: break-word;
/* Non standard for webkit */
-webkit-hyphens: auto;
-moz-hyphens: auto;
hyphens: auto;
white-space: pre-wrap; }

blockquote p {
text-indent: 0;
font-style: italic; }

sup, sub, a.footnote {
font-size: 1.4ex;
height: 0;
line-height: 1;
position: relative;
vertical-align: super; }

sub {
vertical-align: sub;
top: -1px; }

blockquote+p {
margin: 0;
text-indent: 0;
}

h2+p {
margin: 0;
text-indent: 0;
}

p, h5 {
margin: 0;
text-indent: 1.5em;
}

dt, th {
font-weight: 700; }

table tr:nth-child(odd), table th:nth-child(odd), table td:nth-child(odd) {
background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06); }

table tr:nth-child(even), table td:nth-child(even) {
background: rgba(200, 200, 200, 0.25); }
@media print {
body {
overflow: auto; }

img, pre, blockquote, table, figure {
page-break-inside: avoid; }

p {
page-break-inside: auto; }

#wrapper {
background: white;
color: #303030;
padding: 10px;
position: relative;
text-indent: 0; } } @media screen {
.inverted {
background: #252a2a; }
.inverted #wrapper {
background: #252a2a; }
.inverted hr {
border-color: #333f40 !important; }
.inverted p, .inverted td, .inverted li, .inverted h1, .inverted h2, .inverted h3, .inverted h4, .inverted h5, .inverted h6, .inverted pre, .inverted code, .inverted th, .inverted .math, .inverted caption, .inverted dt, .inverted dd {
color: #eeeeee; }
.inverted table {
background: none; }
.inverted table tr:nth-child(odd), .inverted table td:nth-child(odd) {
background: none; }
.inverted a {
color: #acd1d5; }