Diacritics problem with calibre

gregor40 · 07-27-2010, 07:01 AM

Hi,

I have recently (yesterday) bought an ebook reader and I immediatly found the wonderfull "Calibre" software.

I have, however, some problems with epub format and Polish special signs like ą, ę, ż and so on.

1) When I convert a PDF to EPUB I get all special signs correct, apart from "ż" which is displayed both on the PC and on the reader as "Ŝ"

2) When I use the brilliant and a must-have functionality of news fetch i get an epub which displays correctly on my PC, but I get '?' instead of special signs on the reader.

Is there any way to get past those problems?

Thanks,

M.

Adoby · 07-27-2010, 07:45 AM

I made a simple PDF and did a quick and dirty conversion to epub, using Calibre. And it came out just fine.

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Diacritics problem with calibre

Hi,

I have recently (yesterday) bought an ebook reader and I immediatly found the wonderfull "Calibre" software.

I have, however, some problems with epub format and Polish special signs like ą, ę, ż and so on.

1) When I convert a PDF to EPUB I get all special signs correct, apart from "ż" which is displayed both on the PC and on the reader as "Ŝ"

2) When I use the brilliant and a must-have functionality of news fetch i get an epub which displays correctly on my PC, but I get '?' instead of special signs on the reader.

Is there any way to get past those problems?

Thanks,

M.

It could be a problem with the original PDF. Try the one I enclosed here. (Made using OpenOffice.)

I suspect that 2. is a problem with the font in your reader. Try to update the software in the reader and/or use a custom font that include the characters that don't display now. On my reader, an Opus, the characters display fine.

gregor40 · 07-27-2010, 08:17 AM

Thanks for your answer!

Indeed, your pdf converted correctly. I will try to correct the pdf's than

The second issue remains - why the pubs created from the news sources do not have diacritics?

Adoby · 07-27-2010, 08:27 AM

Post one here. So can I check if they display OK on my device. Then it is most likely a problem with the font in your device. Should be easy to add a custom font.

Or even simpler: Just check the epub above in your reader. Can you read all chars? If you can't then it is a problem with your device.

A custom font that include diacritics should do it.

Ask on the Onyx forum how to add a custum font, if it's not in the manual.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=220

brombus · 07-27-2010, 10:24 AM

If you read Polish you can check these websites:

http://forum.eksiazki.org/epub-f157/...505-t8395.html
http://forum.eksiazki.org/epub-f157/...oku-t8757.html
http://www.epub.republika.pl/epub.htm

xenonn · 08-09-2010, 07:14 AM

I am using Calibre to convert pdf to mobi
and I'm getting an issue described in
1)
of #1 in this thread.
Curiously enough calibre converted pdf files originally made
with Adobe Distiller don't have this issue,
i.e. any act available on http://isip.sejm.gov.pl/.

In my pdf library most of the files were made with PDFCreator.
After being converted in Calibre they all experience the aforementioned issue.

Did anyone come up with a workaround?

07-27-2010, 08:27 AM	#4
Adoby Handy Elephant Posts: 1,736 Karma: 26785668 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Southern Sweden, far out in the quiet woods Device: Thinkpad E595, Ubuntu Mate, Huawei Mediapad 5, Bouye Likebook Plus	Post one here. So can I check if they display OK on my device. Then it is most likely a problem with the font in your device. Should be easy to add a custom font. Or even simpler: Just check the epub above in your reader. Can you read all chars? If you can't then it is a problem with your device. A custom font that include diacritics should do it. Ask on the Onyx forum how to add a custum font, if it's not in the manual. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=220 Last edited by Adoby; 07-27-2010 at 08:33 AM.

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07-27-2010, 07:01 AM	#1
gregor40 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Boox 60	Diacritics problem with calibre Hi, I have recently (yesterday) bought an ebook reader and I immediatly found the wonderfull "Calibre" software. I have, however, some problems with epub format and Polish special signs like ą, ę, ż and so on. 1) When I convert a PDF to EPUB I get all special signs correct, apart from "ż" which is displayed both on the PC and on the reader as "Ŝ" 2) When I use the brilliant and a must-have functionality of news fetch i get an epub which displays correctly on my PC, but I get '?' instead of special signs on the reader. Is there any way to get past those problems? Thanks, M.

07-27-2010, 08:17 AM	#3
gregor40 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Boox 60	Thanks for your answer! Indeed, your pdf converted correctly. I will try to correct the pdf's than The second issue remains - why the pubs created from the news sources do not have diacritics?

07-27-2010, 10:24 AM	#5
brombus Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 7506 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: none	If you read Polish you can check these websites: http://forum.eksiazki.org/epub-f157/...505-t8395.html http://forum.eksiazki.org/epub-f157/...oku-t8757.html http://www.epub.republika.pl/epub.htm

08-09-2010, 07:14 AM	#6
xenonn Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Warsaw, Poland Device: DX Graphite	I am using Calibre to convert pdf to mobi and I'm getting an issue described in 1) of #1 in this thread. Curiously enough calibre converted pdf files originally made with Adobe Distiller don't have this issue, i.e. any act available on http://isip.sejm.gov.pl/. In my pdf library most of the files were made with PDFCreator. After being converted in Calibre they all experience the aforementioned issue. Did anyone come up with a workaround?

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