Thanks for your input.
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Originally Posted by Quoth
Are you using doc or docx source?
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Yes, the source is a docx. It was not created on the same computer which is running Calibre, however, I do have all the fonts installed.
I tried saving the DOCX to ODT and back to DOCX and then imported to Calibre.
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Originally Posted by Quoth
What do you mean "formatting is still not as good as it is on Android."
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If you take a look at the screenshots I shared from Android and IOS each, the one from Android is spaced evenly and without any breaks in ligatures. Attached a screenshot depicting a couple of these with this reply.
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Originally Posted by Quoth
The epub format needs a decent 3rd party app for iOS and Android. Neither have built in epub support. Some apps are not very good.
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Using Apple Books in iPhone as opposed to Lithium on Android. The primary audience will be Apple/ Kindle users and most Apple users will use the default Apple Books application.
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Originally Posted by Quoth
You need also to embed fonts and use an app (Lithium, Bluefire, Aldiko Basic, Pocketbook on Android, some of those on iOS) that will use the embedded font and your ebook CSS.
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I did select the embed fonts option in Calibre during the conversion.
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Originally Posted by Quoth
What is you epub like in Calibre viewer compared to original source?
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See attached screenshot. Some of the arabic text and ligatures don't appear right as well in the Calibre E-Book Viewer.
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Originally Posted by Quoth
Note that if the Word docx file is created on a different PC to the one running calibre you need the same fonts installed, or in MS Word and LO Writer to pick the "Embed Fonts" option in Properties which slows saving and opening a lot. Better to have Calibre on the same computer, or make sure the same fonts installed. When you select "Embed Fonts" in Calibre epub conversion it looks on that computer for them.
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The below are what I have selected during conversion:
Output format: EPUB
Look & Feel > Fonts > Embed all fonts in document (ensure fonts in the document are installed)
Look & Feel > Text > Character encoding > utf-8
Page Setup > Default Profile
DOCX Input > Do not add a page break after every endnote
DOCX Input > Render superscripts and subscripts so that they do not affect the line height
EPUB Output > EPUB version > 2
Look & Feel > Fonts > Keep ligatures