903 Problem with epub formatting in FBReader

vojtarek · 09-07-2011, 10:27 AM

Hi,

(yesterday I bought my first e-book reader

)

I have problems with epub from "News" in Calibre (attached). Becaues of Czech characters, I have to use FBReader, but it has weird formatting - mainly text is centered (not left aligned) so it's unreadable. How can I force left alignment?

Thanks
Vojta

gravitiesrainbow · 09-07-2011, 11:33 PM

It appears to be left aligned in Calibre. Try using this instead of FB reader and see if you have the same problems.

vojtarek · 09-08-2011, 10:52 AM

It's ok in calibre and also in default PB's reader. But default PB's reader have problems with czech characters (it's unreadable).

darknessEC · 09-08-2011, 12:13 PM

You can try this solution:

In the css file, write these lines:

@font-face {
font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: normal;
src: url(../Fonts/TIMES.TTF);
}

And you must add the font TIMES.TFF in the folder Font (inside the epub file). You can do it, for example, with Sigil (be aware with the case letters). (if you want see in other formats, such as italic or bold, you must add the other fonts too).

Then, you have to put in the normal paragraph format (.p), in the css file, the command: font-family: "Leander";

Save all and try it with de Adobe reader.

P.S. Pardon for my "indian" english.

P.SS. Try it now with this file:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PJ5NDNU1

vojtarek · 09-08-2011, 02:46 PM

darknessEC, thanks for yours solution. But it's complicated. I will use MOBI from now.

Can I ask which e-book format is "best" (for news from calibre)?

darknessEC · 09-08-2011, 02:56 PM

It's no very difficult. You can make a standart css file. Then, you can make all your files adding the file x.css.

Have you seen the modified file (in my previous message)? Is it good for you?

Open the file with Sigil and look at the css file.

Yar-PocketBooker · 09-14-2011, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vojtarek

It's ok in calibre and also in default PB's reader. But default PB's reader have problems with czech characters (it's unreadable).

Did you try to change the encoding when you read your FB2 file on your PocketBook? They have a bunch of different encodings, including some for East European languages.
They do even come with some books in Czech and to me they look pretty fine...

JSWolf · 09-14-2011, 04:57 PM

FBReader doesn't handle ePub well. Actually, pretty poorly.

Yar-PocketBooker · 09-15-2011, 09:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

FBReader doesn't handle ePub well. Actually, pretty poorly.

Yup... this once more states the fact that there is no ideal e-reader yet...

JSWolf · 09-15-2011, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vojtarek

It's ok in calibre and also in default PB's reader. But default PB's reader have problems with czech characters (it's unreadable).

The only solution you have is to embed a font that has the characters you want.

09-08-2011, 12:13 PM	#4
darknessEC Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 124 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: PocketBook 903	You can try this solution: In the css file, write these lines: @font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; src: url(../Fonts/TIMES.TTF); } And you must add the font TIMES.TFF in the folder Font (inside the epub file). You can do it, for example, with Sigil (be aware with the case letters). (if you want see in other formats, such as italic or bold, you must add the other fonts too). Then, you have to put in the normal paragraph format (.p), in the css file, the command: font-family: "Leander"; Save all and try it with de Adobe reader. P.S. Pardon for my "indian" english. P.SS. Try it now with this file: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PJ5NDNU1 Last edited by darknessEC; 09-08-2011 at 12:36 PM. Reason: Add the file.

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09-07-2011, 11:33 PM	#2
gravitiesrainbow Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Nook	It appears to be left aligned in Calibre. Try using this instead of FB reader and see if you have the same problems.

09-08-2011, 10:52 AM	#3
vojtarek Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: PocketBook 903	It's ok in calibre and also in default PB's reader. But default PB's reader have problems with czech characters (it's unreadable).

09-08-2011, 02:46 PM	#5
vojtarek Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: PocketBook 903	darknessEC, thanks for yours solution. But it's complicated. I will use MOBI from now. Can I ask which e-book format is "best" (for news from calibre)?

09-08-2011, 02:56 PM	#6
darknessEC Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 124 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: PocketBook 903	It's no very difficult. You can make a standart css file. Then, you can make all your files adding the file x.css. Have you seen the modified file (in my previous message)? Is it good for you? Open the file with Sigil and look at the css file.

09-14-2011, 04:57 PM	#8
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,943 Karma: 128903250 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	FBReader doesn't handle ePub well. Actually, pretty poorly.

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