Affected Version

0.11.1-dev

Describe the Bug

It looks like (from the code in ChapterHtmlSlimParser.cpp) the styling is currently limited to be on word boundaries.

For some cases, this introduces extra spacing (i.e. word gaps between characters that should be together), e.g. this

Because that’s <em>what we do</em>.

turns into

Because that’s what we do .

These spaces are obviously exaggerated by justified text alignment.

I am seeing we are already aware of the situation (code comment states "text styling needs to be overhauled to fix it") - creating this issue to discuss a solution.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open EPUB with inline italic (or bold) formatting (e.g. "....")

Expected Behavior

No space after end of style if source material contains no space

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