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Fat Abe · 04-06-2010, 02:30 AM

This file loads fine into iTunes and the iPad, at least from a PC. The Latin Extended-A and -B look ok for the most part (see next paragraph). Even the female ordinal indicator (U+00aa) is correct! Latin Extended-A looks ok in Calibre. But when Calibre gets to set B, it displays a solid rectangular glyph. ADE does not display either of these two character sets properly. The Firefox add-on, Epubreader 1.2.7.1 bombs on the file.

Now the exceptions on the iPad begin with U+01f6 (Latin Capital letter Hwair). Next is U+01f7. The exceptions occur sporadically from this point on. There are some major holes starting with the Cyrillic set (e.g., U+0464). The Cyrillic Supplement is a nada. I didn't pursue this further, since Apple still has a lot of homework to do with the iBook app.

I'll tell you how the latest Sony readers perform tomorrow.

04-06-2010, 02:30 AM	#4
Fat Abe Man Who Stares at Books Posts: 1,824 Karma: 10606722 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: 50th State, USA. Also, PA, NY, CA, and elsewhere. Device: All of the Above	This file loads fine into iTunes and the iPad, at least from a PC. The Latin Extended-A and -B look ok for the most part (see next paragraph). Even the female ordinal indicator (U+00aa) is correct! Latin Extended-A looks ok in Calibre. But when Calibre gets to set B, it displays a solid rectangular glyph. ADE does not display either of these two character sets properly. The Firefox add-on, Epubreader 1.2.7.1 bombs on the file. Now the exceptions on the iPad begin with U+01f6 (Latin Capital letter Hwair). Next is U+01f7. The exceptions occur sporadically from this point on. There are some major holes starting with the Cyrillic set (e.g., U+0464). The Cyrillic Supplement is a nada. I didn't pursue this further, since Apple still has a lot of homework to do with the iBook app. I'll tell you how the latest Sony readers perform tomorrow.