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stweb · 03-16-2014, 05:25 AM

Hello,

I have this troublesome epub file.
- It renders fine on Moonreader on my Android tablet.
- It renders with ? replacing special characters (e.g. quotation marks, currency symbols, etc.) on my Nook Simple Touch.
- The special characters are largely missing when viewed in Calibre (latest version).

I think the encoding of file is wrong somehow.
- When I extract the html and open in Notepad++ special characters are missing, like in Calibre.
- When I change the character set to Windows-1252 (still in UTF-8) or similar, the missing characters appear but are "mangled".

Can this problem be fixed?
-I couldn't do it in Calibre using the conversion or edit tools or Modify ePub plugin.
-I did try find and replace in Notepad++, but the characters comehow came back as ? when I imported the html into Calibre.

My next course of action could be to root the NST and use a different reader.

03-16-2014, 05:25 AM	#1
stweb Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: NSW, Australia Device: Nook Simple Touch	Huge text encoding problem Hello, I have this troublesome epub file. - It renders fine on Moonreader on my Android tablet. - It renders with ? replacing special characters (e.g. quotation marks, currency symbols, etc.) on my Nook Simple Touch. - The special characters are largely missing when viewed in Calibre (latest version). I think the encoding of file is wrong somehow. - When I extract the html and open in Notepad++ special characters are missing, like in Calibre. - When I change the character set to Windows-1252 (still in UTF-8) or similar, the missing characters appear but are "mangled". Can this problem be fixed? -I couldn't do it in Calibre using the conversion or edit tools or Modify ePub plugin. -I did try find and replace in Notepad++, but the characters comehow came back as ? when I imported the html into Calibre. My next course of action could be to root the NST and use a different reader.