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Allerwertester · 11-12-2021, 08:30 AM

Hi,

I don't know when it started, but calibre is mixing up some special characters used in german and other (European) languages in booktitles after importing them into calibre.

Here's a book title from Albert Camus (La mort heureuse) that seems to look ok, but the letter ü is shown in calibre as two seperate character, first the u followed by the two dots:

Der glückliche Tod

Here, in this text box the ü is shown as one character, but when I put the cursor behind it and start deleting it, I need two attempts. The first deletes the two dots, leaving the bare u that than can be deleted with a second attempt. You propably can try for yourself, but I don't know if the text box translates the text into a different caracter set after sending it.

The workaround now is, to delete both, the dots and the u and re-type a ü instead. It also affects ä and ö, etc.

As this is a new behaviour since one of the last updates, I guess it has something to do with one of the last changes made in calibre.

Thanks!

11-12-2021, 08:30 AM	#1
Allerwertester Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Germany Device: kobo forma	strange characters since one of the last updates Hi, I don't know when it started, but calibre is mixing up some special characters used in german and other (European) languages in booktitles after importing them into calibre. Here's a book title from Albert Camus (La mort heureuse) that seems to look ok, but the letter ü is shown in calibre as two seperate character, first the u followed by the two dots: Der glückliche Tod Here, in this text box the ü is shown as one character, but when I put the cursor behind it and start deleting it, I need two attempts. The first deletes the two dots, leaving the bare u that than can be deleted with a second attempt. You propably can try for yourself, but I don't know if the text box translates the text into a different caracter set after sending it. The workaround now is, to delete both, the dots and the u and re-type a ü instead. It also affects ä and ö, etc. As this is a new behaviour since one of the last updates, I guess it has something to do with one of the last changes made in calibre. Thanks!