Ulf Reese Næsborg

Making an #epub for a friend. Working from an #Indesign document, I begin to question my sanity and the meaning of life.

BUT! I think I've beaten the confounded document into submission, as it now exports a relatively standards-compliant epub3 that I only need to make a few changes to in order to maintain my professional pride.

(yes, I work in #eprdctn and it's not my first rodeo with Indesign and it's "I know better than you"-exporting. Still frustrating as hell)

May 26, 2022 at 10:06amWeb
Show threadUlf Reese NæsborgMay 26, 2022
"I export italics as <span class="italic"> - because all my homies hate the <em>-tag."
- InDesign
Show threadUlf Reese NæsborgMay 26, 2022
aaaaaaand done!
Show threadT. Emil Rivera-ThorsenMay 26, 2022
@infonauten OK forgive my ignorance but why would anyone use InDesign for anything meant to be, err, reflow-able and structure rather than appearance centered such as an ebook...?
Show threadUlf Reese NæsborgMay 26, 2022
@thriveth design and typography for the print version is done in ID. I need to get the data out a meaningful way (semantic HTML, please!). So, it's the export function in ID (which produces the most horrible divitis-infected HTML known to man) that I rant about.
Show threadT. Emil Rivera-ThorsenMay 26, 2022

@infonauten Ah, of course. Makes me think of Neal Stevenson who writes stuff in TeX, then uses regexps to convert it to Word format for his publisher 😁

I feel your pain man

Show threadUlf Reese NæsborgMay 26, 2022
@thriveth I'd love to make his e-books. :)