Thread: Aura H2O trying kepub and have questions
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Old 12-22-2017, 09:54 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by Shadowjack View Post
I received my new H2O 2nd edition to replace my lost H2O 1st edition. I use calibre to manage my books and side load everything. I decided to try kepub to see if I liked it (I particularly wanted the page count by chapter). I used the KoboTouchExtended plugin to perform the conversion. And I have noticed a couple of anomalies.

First, I use the custom font, Bookerly, and in kepub italicized words are also bolded. This doesn't happen in the epub.

Second, the font size are drastically different between the two formats. Kepub has a smaller size than the epub version. I use settings in the Kobo eReader.conf to set initial values: readingFontFamily, readingFontSize. For an epub the FontSize value of 20 seems equivalent to the Kepub FontSize of 30. Based on what I have read, I assume this is due to built-in stylesheets for kepub vs epub or am I missing something? Do I have to use the patches to change this behavior?

thanks.
The problem with Bookerly is you appear to be using the same shady downloaded online version I have. That version is broken so that italic always displays as bold italic. If you have a Kindle or Fire you can pull Bookerly off of that and your problem should disappear. There are several threads mentioning the problem here and there.

I've never bothered as I discovered Google's Noto Serif font. I'd recommend giving it a shot.
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