Thread: How to force old-style figures ("text figures") in conversion to kepub?
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Old 11-24-2021, 09:45 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by Liudprand View Post
Does anyone know whether it's possible, using the KoboTouchExtended plugin (or otherwise), to format all of the numerals so that they appear as properly typset text figures, rather than the more ugly lining figures?

In case anyone wonders: yes, I'm using a font that includes old-style figures.
I had to look up what you meant by "old-style figures" and "lining figures". And, honestly, I'm tempted to not help as I don't think the "old-style figures" make the text more readable. The page probably looks better when it appears, but, I don't think that reading long numbers like that is easier.

Having said that, you shouldn't have to do anything. The built-in font Georgia has the old style numbers and they are used when numbers are used in the text. Most of the other built-in fonts use lining figures, and again, that is how numbers appear with these fonts. To user your font, either embed it in the book and select "Publisher Default" as the font. Or add the fonts to the device and select it.

If the font you want to use does something else, then you would need to edit the book to match how it works. I can only think that would be if the font has both styles with one style in the "normal" place, and the other somewhere else. Then you would need to edit the book to change the numbers to use the other characters.
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