Ō, what to do with it?

CommonReader · 06-26-2011, 12:16 PM

Bear with me as a noob in these matters.
I have converted a book with the Japanese letters Ō and ō from mobi to epub and lrf with Calibre. Unfortunately the book shows up perfectly in Calibre, Firefox and Sigil - just not in the Sony Reader.

The letters show up as "?" in epub and as blanks in lrf. (I have the same problem with the name Žižek in a different book.)

Is there a simple way to handle this problem that is available for me as a noob? I do not like to flash the firmware or to learn programming just for this book. Usually I would try to avoid these issues by converting it to pdf, unfortunately as the book also contains maps the results of converting it with Calibre to pdf are somewhat unsatisfactory.

I always understood that lrf-files also include required fonts. Why doesn't it work with this file?

Thanks in advance for your help.

kartu · 06-27-2011, 03:47 AM

LRFs/EPUBs support embedded fonts. PDF with embedded font is also an option.
Calibre should be capable of doing it, afaik, but I don't know the details since I don't use it.

Xaphiosis · 06-28-2011, 09:40 PM

I would also go with epub and embedded fonts. I've done this to get Polish chars working before I flashed the firmware. I wrote a little guide for myself, but it's mostly the post at https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61587 adapted for Arial.

CommonReader · 07-08-2011, 10:40 AM

kartu, Xaphiosis, thanks very much for your help. I managed to create a usable pdf for this book by converting it into rtf in Calibre and by printing it into a pdf after adjusting the book in MS Word. That's just a very clunky workaround, though.
I'll try to work with the solution you have linked to in your post, Xaphiosis.

06-26-2011, 12:16 PM	#1
CommonReader Fanatic Posts: 528 Karma: 2530000 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Sony PRS-T3, PRS-650, Vaio Tap 11, iPad Mini	Ō, what to do with it? Bear with me as a noob in these matters. I have converted a book with the Japanese letters Ō and ō from mobi to epub and lrf with Calibre. Unfortunately the book shows up perfectly in Calibre, Firefox and Sigil - just not in the Sony Reader. The letters show up as "?" in epub and as blanks in lrf. (I have the same problem with the name Žižek in a different book.) Is there a simple way to handle this problem that is available for me as a noob? I do not like to flash the firmware or to learn programming just for this book. Usually I would try to avoid these issues by converting it to pdf, unfortunately as the book also contains maps the results of converting it with Calibre to pdf are somewhat unsatisfactory. I always understood that lrf-files also include required fonts. Why doesn't it work with this file? Thanks in advance for your help.

06-27-2011, 03:47 AM	#2
kartu PRS+ author Posts: 1,637 Karma: 2446233 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Sony PRS-300, 505, 600, 650, 950	LRFs/EPUBs support embedded fonts. PDF with embedded font is also an option. Calibre should be capable of doing it, afaik, but I don't know the details since I don't use it.

06-28-2011, 09:40 PM	#3
Xaphiosis Connoisseur Posts: 52 Karma: 216 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: PRS-T1	I would also go with epub and embedded fonts. I've done this to get Polish chars working before I flashed the firmware. I wrote a little guide for myself, but it's mostly the post at https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61587 adapted for Arial.

07-08-2011, 10:40 AM	#4
CommonReader Fanatic Posts: 528 Karma: 2530000 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Sony PRS-T3, PRS-650, Vaio Tap 11, iPad Mini	kartu, Xaphiosis, thanks very much for your help. I managed to create a usable pdf for this book by converting it into rtf in Calibre and by printing it into a pdf after adjusting the book in MS Word. That's just a very clunky workaround, though. I'll try to work with the solution you have linked to in your post, Xaphiosis.