Scrivener 3.5.2 and Inconsistent Italics Formatting with Custom Style

Hi! Thanks for the suggestion of Zap Gremlins. I’d never heard of it. It didn’t have any impact, but it’s good to know about. By that, I mean I highlighted everything in chapters 2, selected Zap Gremlins, saved the project, and tried a new compile. The problem presisted.

Yeah, I meant styles. When I start a new project, the first thing I do after naming it is Format → Style → Import Styles. Then I select the previous project.

What’s odd, is that I’ve done this for 13 projects prior to this, and they all work. I also created the 15th project from this one (the 14th), and the 15th works just fine.

So if I read your response correctly, my process matches your second option when you said, “you could instead use a project template, or import styles, or use.”

It’s good to know that’s on the right track.

I think I’ve done what you’ve suggested in regard to compiles/isolation. There are 34 chapters/documents in my project. The first works fine; sections 2 through 21 don’t work; 22 through 34 work without issue.

That’s part of the reason this is driving me crazy.

I started looking at the Scrivener Settiongs/compile.xml file, but it’s using a lot of GUIDs, and I don’t know what they refer to. I suppose I could copy a working compile.xml, but without knowing more, I’m hesitant.

Thanks for your fast responses! I appreciate it.