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Originally Posted by tatagi
recently I came across this tool that might be very useful for me.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=252011
it handles font subsetting and image compression, without having to manually unpack/repack the epub archive. calibre can handle this as well, but this time I want smaller toolbox dedicated for the above task. |
That's Toxaris's old "EPUB Optimizer" program.
Like JSWolf said:
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
What you asked about in the first post is so easily done with Calibre. I used to use ePub Optimizer, but Calibre is so much easier.
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I agree. When Calibre's font subsetting + image compression tools came out ~2016:
they pretty much superseded Toxaris's. Toxaris's was very good for all those early years, but when Kovid built similar functions into Calibre, it made it a few simple clicks.
(And if you already use Calibre for other book work... then it did a perfectly fine job without the need for external tools.)
I forget the exact specifics between them—for a while, Toxaris's still handled some edge-cases a little better, but in the ensuing 7 years, Kovid has pretty much squashed all those subsetting issues.
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Originally Posted by tatagi
so I want to know if anyone who has the copy of it is willing to share. I will really appreciate it.
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Quoth actually shared my backup of Toxaris's "EPUB Tools":
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Originally Posted by Quoth
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which is a (fantastic) Microsoft Word addon to go from DOCX->EPUB.
I never was a user of "EPUB Optimizer", so I sadly don't have those old files.
But like we said above with subsetting+compressing. Now, in 2023, it's probably best to just use Calibre.