04-04-2014, 07:01 AM | #1 |
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PDF Issues
I recently downloaded a few eBooks that feature foreign characters which appeared as question marks on my eReader. To get around this issue, I converted the books from epub to pdf format via Calibre. However, I've noticed a few issues when reading them:
Firstly, if I attempt to highlight a word (probably not possible since it's pdf, but I wanted to try anyway) all text disappears. I can hit the "home" button, but if I try to open a book, the pages appear as completely black. Eventually, I get a pop-up on screen saying that the "Reader App in Reader has stopped responding." This issue also occurs if I attempt to "save" after using the handwriting tool in these pdf books. Secondly, all the text in the pdf ebooks disappears starting on page 62... The text later reappears--unfortunately not where it left off--some pages later (varies by book). The text appears fine in Calibre, so I would think that it has been converted correctly... Has anybody else had or heard of these issues before? Or do you have any ideas on how to resolve these issues? |
04-08-2014, 06:12 AM | #2 |
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You do not need to convert to PDF. The problem is that the foreign characters are not in the font on your reader. You can embed a font in your ePUB that has those characters and then it will display fine. Some use Charis SIL for that, which is a nice font.
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04-10-2014, 09:47 AM | #3 |
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That's good to know. Do you happen to know of any good guides on how to do that?
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04-10-2014, 01:04 PM | #4 |
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There are various guides in the forum about that, for example in the Sigil forum. In general is boils down to adding the font to the ePUB, adding a @font-face to the stylesheet and set a font-family to for example to paragraphs in the stylesheet.
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04-12-2014, 11:52 AM | #5 |
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Yeah I have had those and more issues with pdf on the t1 I quit reading them on the t1 and now use my android tablet.. I have found that doing a soft reset will sometimes "fix" the problem with a particular book but it pops up again.. i also find page turning painfully slow for pdfs on the t1 as well.. I know that doesn't help much......
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