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Originally Posted by Ghitulescu
Well, my problem is new  - so this problem it did not disappeared since 2018.
And post #4 sends to another thread that has no further information.
I usually read the thread before asking. This is the reason why I found this thread, because I've searched for an answer before posting. |
The issue with calibre is no longer an issue. And this is the calibre forum so we should try to stay in the general area of discussions that are relevant to calibre (IMSHO).
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Originally Posted by Ghitulescu
Since webkit, the alleged scrapegoat, is still used in some ereaders, like iPhones and Kindles, just asking people to update their Calibre (and maybe the computer, too, since newer versions of some libraries require a new windows to work, which may require a different hardware) won't do them too much justice.
There must be a reason in the font itself why webkit thinks it's slanted. Google chrome, which apparently is based on webkit, has no issue to display it, correctly I mean.
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While you may regard WebKit as the scapegoat, calibre no longer uses WebKit so it's a non-issue. How iOS/iPadOS and Kindles (not to mention Android and the other devices out there) function is not something that is relevant to how calibre functions.
As for the newer hardware needed for some programs? Again not really relevant to this discussion.
Chrome is no longer based on WebKit. Originally Chromium was using WebKit however due to compatibility and other issues, back in 2013 Google forked WebKit and created Blink. Other than Mozilla's Firefox using Gecko and Apple's Safari which uses WebKit2, most browsers are using Blink.
As for issues with the internals of a font, that is, again, outside the control of Kovid and the other people involved with calibre.
So unless you can post a screenshot from calibre 5.x showing the issue, this is not the place for that discussion.