MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - One or two books showing up on Kobo in sans-serif font, unlike all the others

davidfor · 11-12-2021, 11:59 PM

That sounds like the title might have some unusual characters in it. San serif with extra spacing might mean they are double-byte characters. Was the metadata source a non-European site? If it is what I think it is, it is more likely to be sourced from a Japanese or Chinese site. It might not be as obvious in the calibre UI as that is using a san serif font. To check something like that, I would use the calibre editor and open the OPF file. The editor may show the characters with a yellow background. Otherwise, if you put the cursor after one of them, what the character is will be shown in the status bar at the bottom right.

Typing over the title in the metadata editor should fix it. If it doesn't, I would do it in the editor as above and make sure the characters are cleared. The when saved, go back the the metadata and get the metadata from the book again.

11-12-2021, 11:59 PM	#2
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	That sounds like the title might have some unusual characters in it. San serif with extra spacing might mean they are double-byte characters. Was the metadata source a non-European site? If it is what I think it is, it is more likely to be sourced from a Japanese or Chinese site. It might not be as obvious in the calibre UI as that is using a san serif font. To check something like that, I would use the calibre editor and open the OPF file. The editor may show the characters with a yellow background. Otherwise, if you put the cursor after one of them, what the character is will be shown in the status bar at the bottom right. Typing over the title in the metadata editor should fix it. If it doesn't, I would do it in the editor as above and make sure the characters are cleared. The when saved, go back the the metadata and get the metadata from the book again.