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GuyNoodle · 01-28-2025, 02:12 PM

I decided to reach out to the creator of the novel extraction software I used. In hindsight, I probably should’ve done that in the first place, but hey, 🤷 He provided the solution!

So, for any future readers:
You can remove all Unicode characters with Calibre by following these steps:

Select your book.
Go to Convert books.
Navigate to Look & Feel -> Text.
Check the box labeled "Transliterate Unicode characters to ASCII".
Click OK.

This solution will obviously remove bold and/or italic text formatted with Unicode, but I can perfectly live with that.

01-28-2025, 02:12 PM	#15
GuyNoodle Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2025 Device: Kobo Libra 2	I decided to reach out to the creator of the novel extraction software I used. In hindsight, I probably should’ve done that in the first place, but hey, 🤷 He provided the solution! So, for any future readers: You can remove all Unicode characters with Calibre by following these steps: Select your book. Go to Convert books. Navigate to Look & Feel -> Text. Check the box labeled "Transliterate Unicode characters to ASCII". Click OK. This solution will obviously remove bold and/or italic text formatted with Unicode, but I can perfectly live with that.