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kevin_y · 03-18-2016, 10:00 PM

I have a HTML document in Chinese that I input into Calibre to create EPUB and MOBI ebooks. The resulting ebooks can be read on my desktop Windows PC: both the Windows Kindle software and Calibre's built-in EPUB reader display the Chinese font properly. Then I send the MOBI to the Android Kindle reader on my Galaxy Note 3 smartphone, and it, too, displays the Chinese font correctly. Now, here is the problem. When I send the EPUB file to the Android "Aldiko" epub reader on my Galaxy Note 3, it shows "squares" instead of Chinese font. Now, before you think this is Aldiko's problem, here is the thing. If I extract the HTML files inside the EPUB, open them up with a text editor in Windows, and change the HTML tag from this:

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

to this:

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="zh-CN">

THEN ALDIKO WILL DISPLAY THE CHINESE FONT PROPERLY!!

So here is my question. Can I configure Calibre in such a way that it will create the HTML tag accordingly in the EPUB file? Is this a Calibre problem at all? Or should I talk to the Aldiko developer instead?

Thanks in advance to all!

03-18-2016, 10:00 PM	#1
kevin_y Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2016 Device: Galaxy Note 3	Chinese ebook conversion problem I have a HTML document in Chinese that I input into Calibre to create EPUB and MOBI ebooks. The resulting ebooks can be read on my desktop Windows PC: both the Windows Kindle software and Calibre's built-in EPUB reader display the Chinese font properly. Then I send the MOBI to the Android Kindle reader on my Galaxy Note 3 smartphone, and it, too, displays the Chinese font correctly. Now, here is the problem. When I send the EPUB file to the Android "Aldiko" epub reader on my Galaxy Note 3, it shows "squares" instead of Chinese font. Now, before you think this is Aldiko's problem, here is the thing. If I extract the HTML files inside the EPUB, open them up with a text editor in Windows, and change the HTML tag from this: <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> to this: <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="zh-CN"> THEN ALDIKO WILL DISPLAY THE CHINESE FONT PROPERLY!! So here is my question. Can I configure Calibre in such a way that it will create the HTML tag accordingly in the EPUB file? Is this a Calibre problem at all? Or should I talk to the Aldiko developer instead? Thanks in advance to all!