Thread: Calibre generating KF8 not the same as Kindlegen
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Old 07-07-2012, 09:16 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Zeebra View Post
Not sure where to put this question, I was just curious about the KF8 support in Calibre. I took the same ePub file and generated a mobi file once with Kindlegen and once with Calibre. The output is very different. In the Kindlegen version, I can see preserved formatting, whereas in the Calibre version it seems to lose the formatting (see example of the big "A" as the first letter of the text).

I have attached a screenshot to show what I'm talking about. Is there a way I can get Calibre to generate the mobi output to be the same as Kindlegen?
That KG drop cap almost hit my floor whereas the Calibre title is only off a bit
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