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Originally Posted by patrik
Product: Aura
Firmware: 2.5.2
Plugins: KoboTouchExtended 1.3.3
File types: kepub (?)
Sideloaded or from Kobobooks: sideloaded
On external SD: main memory
I was editing (in html) a scanned book, added it to Calibre. Transfered it to the Aura. When there was italic on words in a sentence the space around the italic words doesn't show.
Ex. "This is an example." shows as "Thisis anexample."
First I thought I was doing something wrong (as a newbie to Calibre and Kobo) but I later realized that it was the same in an Amazon-bought book (Inferno).
Anyone else seen this? I have not tried to change fonts etc.
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EDIT: Oops, so sorry... all of the following that I had written probably has little relevance, as I hadn't paid enough attention, and now see that you clearly indicated this was a scanned book you were editing, etc.! So you can ignore all of this. Or just read it out of general interest, but most likely not contributing to an answer to your questions!
I remember this being the case for Kobo's version of the Stephen King book "11/22/63." As I recall, a space was lost after any italics leading to non-italics. But I don't remember seeing it lost prior to italics, and I think I would have noticed. I was mad that they never did anything about it after I reported it. (Probably is still that way.) And I ended up buying from Amazon or B&N, I forget which, as their version didn't display the problem. (There were LOTS of italics in the Stephen King book.)
As for "Inferno,", earlier today I happened to view a sample from a borrowable edition of the ebook (epub, presumably) on Overdrive (from within a library website). Overdrive now allows you to view samples of the text of books from within the online browser version of Overdrive, or whatever it is they're using to show the sample. I'm pretty sure there were NO missing spaces before or after the italics, as I probably would have noticed it right away. (I'll go back and look.)
Were you talking about the same book in both Kobo and Amazon? I'll go take a look at their samples. But just wanted to share the info above (like about the Stephen King book), because it definitely sounded familiar to me!
Added note: Here's a link (if it works) to the sample preview of the ePub book in Overdrive. (You'll have to click on the cover page, and click around a bit and/or use right arrows on your keyboard to get to the text areas.) I found a paragraph with a single italicized word sandwiched between two normal words, and it was spaced correctly:
https://sample-48605a05b6ccc83d40cda...inferno-af5caa