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Using Calibre I have tried to use ´text-align: left´ in CSS but viewing the resulting epub-file with iBooks the result is still justified text. How can I change to left alignment?enter image description here

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  • Do you have "Justify text" turned on in iBooks -> Preferences -> General? That will override the CSS settings.
    – beaker
    Oct 28, 2018 at 15:54

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I don't think text-align left and Justify text have anything to do with one another. Justification is usually controlled by the reading system, while text-align left is the default behavior for text. The css property text-align mainly has to do with alignment inside of a box (usually a single line). You could use another css property to scoot the text to the left or the right (margin, etc).

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  • text-align does indeed distinguish left and justify (MDN). It is more likely a default setting is overriding this directive. More specificity (MDN) may override the default setting, would need to test.
    – rgchris
    Nov 13, 2018 at 15:24

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