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bthoven · 09-22-2010, 03:55 AM

ePub reader in Nook still do not support Thai character and word wrap. Thai character display can be solved by embedding Thai font; however, it won't wrap long paragraph to fit the screen width; each Thai paragraph will display as one line; thus, most texts are overflown out of the display.

So today, I try creating a Thai enews by setting the Preferred Output = FB2. Calibre can produce it without problem; but when I want to send the fb2 enews to my Nook, it always asks me to convert it to ePUB before Calibre can send it to my Nook. I have to use Windows file explorer to manually copy the fb2 enews to my Nook drive F:. (My Nook has been rooted with added FB2 reader)

FB2 displays Thai character by using Nook internal fonts (which I managed to have Thai font support in my rooted Nook); so I don't have to embed Thai font into every fb2 ebooks. FB2 reader also handle word wrap pretty well (though not perfect, it is acceptable).

My question is:

1. Can Calibre skip the conversion, and send the fb2 enews automatically to my Nook without asking (handle same as ePub)?

2. I choose to create my Thai enews in fb2 format, but I still prefer ePub for other English enews. How can I specify the output format (which is different from ePub as set in the global Preferred Output format) for only some of my enews?

Thanks.

09-22-2010, 03:55 AM	#1
bthoven Evangelist Posts: 475 Karma: 590 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Device: Kindle Paperwhite	FB2 Output for Nook - Calibre ePub reader in Nook still do not support Thai character and word wrap. Thai character display can be solved by embedding Thai font; however, it won't wrap long paragraph to fit the screen width; each Thai paragraph will display as one line; thus, most texts are overflown out of the display. So today, I try creating a Thai enews by setting the Preferred Output = FB2. Calibre can produce it without problem; but when I want to send the fb2 enews to my Nook, it always asks me to convert it to ePUB before Calibre can send it to my Nook. I have to use Windows file explorer to manually copy the fb2 enews to my Nook drive F:. (My Nook has been rooted with added FB2 reader) FB2 displays Thai character by using Nook internal fonts (which I managed to have Thai font support in my rooted Nook); so I don't have to embed Thai font into every fb2 ebooks. FB2 reader also handle word wrap pretty well (though not perfect, it is acceptable). My question is: 1. Can Calibre skip the conversion, and send the fb2 enews automatically to my Nook without asking (handle same as ePub)? 2. I choose to create my Thai enews in fb2 format, but I still prefer ePub for other English enews. How can I specify the output format (which is different from ePub as set in the global Preferred Output format) for only some of my enews? Thanks.