Epub is epub and devices are devices. With iPad ignoring text-align: center; there is a lot of extra work going on out there to put in substitute elements to make ePub work with devices. Every new device presents new "challenges".
The most common hack to overcome this iPad problem is to introduce a blank <span> statement into the paragraph. It can be a lot of work and looks like this:
<p class="center-me"><span>I am text that wants to be centered</span></p>
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I haven't blogged quite some time. The excuse is work, lots of it. But very interesting work.
Getting IGP:Distribution Manager deployed and working in a number of locations and languages; designing methods for large scale ePub production of art and heavily illustrated books; improving the subtleties of online typography in IGP:FLIP; and the intensity of creating the specification and software design for IGP:Content Fulfilment Systems with AZARDI II - have all taken a lot of clock cycles.
This post is not so much about ePubs, but what to do with the ePubs once they have been produced and our experiences with just that.
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